jpdb beta

country town; rural town

2

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

4

handmade; homemade

1

playing soldiers

1

end of school year

1

marking; grading; scoring

1

simple; simplified; easy; plain

1

graduation certificate; diploma; testamur

1

awarding ceremony

1

district headman; head county official

2

congratulatory address

1

to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention

1

nation at war; militant nation

1

eventfulness

1

in detail; minutely; at great length; unceasing; continuous; unbroken

1

Japan

6

history

4

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

1

Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese

1

readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

1

the times; an age; a day and age

1

forte; strong point

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)

2

sketchbook

1

plum blossoms; ume blossom

1

daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus

1

winter daphne (Daphne odora)

1

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

scarlet bindings used with a traditional Japanese suit of armor; scarlet-threaded suit of armor

1

small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)

1

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

1

translation; version (e.g. "English version")

1

evolutionary theory; theory of evolution

1

lecture; discourse

1

bookmark; guidebook

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

1

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

1

side dish

1

udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)

1

mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil

1

Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)

1

mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard

1

freshly pickled vegetables

1

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake

1

adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi

1

Oriental paper bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha); mitsumata

1

Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)

2

creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

1

henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule); henbit; Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)

1