jpdb beta

bellflower

6

solitary Japanese cedar

9

dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

1

red-horned demon; red ogre

2

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

small sum of money

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK

1

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

multi-unit apartments; apartment complex

1

departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

1

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

1

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

1

farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case

1

entrance; admission; entering

1

kindergarten

1

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

7

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

1

octopus

3

see you; bye; ciao

1

school infirmary

1

flute; fife; pipe; whistle

1

a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly

1

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

3

grandpa; granddad

3

pupil in ... year; student in ... year

2

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

4

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

2

have a good day; take care; see you

2

(cow's) milk

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

4

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

1

Shinto shrine

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

bus

2

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

2

three years

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

1

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

when; at what point

1

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

2

one year; some time ago

4

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

understood; I see; OK; present; here

2

maybe; could be; might

1