jpdb beta

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

1

1,000; thousand

2

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

2

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

8

for this reason

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

8

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

2

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

2

to be found; to be discovered

5

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

9

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

24

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

7

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

personal; individual; private

1

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

6

hence; for that reason

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

4

Mr (junior); master; boy

37

he; him; boyfriend

1

experienced; well-versed

1

to be reliable

2

from now on; hereafter

4

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

4

town and country

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

2

summer

6

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

7

while in class

4

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

1

fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

old man; mister

3

traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)

1

Heian period (794-1185)

3

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

14

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

11

ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

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lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

10

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

7

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

14

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

4

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

4

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

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recommendation; referral; endorsement

2