jpdb beta

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

1

doing whatever one pleases

1

thin skin

2

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

2

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

2

in that way; thus; so; so?

4

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

obedient; docile; quiet

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

3

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

3

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

2

but; however; provided that

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

6

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

4

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

1

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

2

noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.

2

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

2

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

1

son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

4

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

2

white stone; white (go pieces)

1

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

1

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

sales promotion; hard selling

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

1

valley

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

engagement; betrothal

3

stop

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

3

I see; that's right; indeed

1

however; but

2

why; how

1