jpdb beta

dot; point; mark

1

taking shelter from rain

2

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

1

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

1

fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

2

kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

1

suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

1

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

3

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

rosary

1

to stand and shout

1

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

2

at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

1

one's hometown

8

pebble

3

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

1

pine tree

1

Japanese garden juniper; dwarf Japanese garden juniper; Juniperus procumbens; J. chinensis var. procumbens

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

chest; breast

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

2

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

1

to do a silly thing

1

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

1

bloodshed

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

9

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

8

differences in skill

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

incident; affair; happening; event

3

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

piling shame on top of shame

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

4

leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

2

to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side

1

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

5

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

1

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

3

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

1

rook

1

perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

1

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

1