jpdb beta

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

1

adventurous spirit; sense of adventure

2

this year

2

16; sixteen

5

tomboy

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

5

18; eighteen

1

thug; hooligan

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness

2

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

4

younger brother and sister

2

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

11

curiosity; inquisitiveness

4

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

1

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

13

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

1

both; (not) either

1

fate; destiny; predestination

11

to be the case that

2

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

36

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

11

both arms

3

back; behind; rear

4

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

2

male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman

1

fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

9

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

1

to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon

1

why; how

5

if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

1

to subsist; to keep on living

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

1

large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool

3

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

3

sandy beach

1

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

7

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

crab

1

inlet; cove; creek; bay

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1