jpdb beta

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

1

overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

1

ah; oh; hey!

1

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

2

adds force or indicates command

2

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

1

surname; family name; last name

2

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

2

Tokyo

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

1

parents; both parents

1

Wakayama (city, prefecture)

1

wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

2

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

2

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

1

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

1

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

1

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

1

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

1

to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

5

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

1

how; in what way; how about

2

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

2

thought; idea; ideology

1

chopsticks

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker

1

disregarding; ignoring

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

heart; guts; nerve; central part

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

1

to; towards; for

1

to turn towards; to point

1

east

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

4