jpdb beta

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

4

to occur; to happen

1

then; well; so; be; is

8

jet black

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

2

hill; knoll

1

like; as if; the same as

1

big; large; great

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

village

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

tradition; legend

1

amen; hail

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

2

temple (Buddhist)

1

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

votive picture (originally of horse)

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

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

2

to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

2

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

4

seems; I guess

1

olden days; former

1

tradition; legend; folklore

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

1

half a year; six months

3

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

fisherman

1

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

3

to return; to come back

2

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

2

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

3

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

4

first; new

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

ouch!

1

pain; ache; -algia

1