jpdb beta

group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

1

news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

1

conjecture; guess; surmise; speculation

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

3

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

4

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

2

vacant house; unoccupied house

1

guard; watchman

2

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

5

suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

many people; a large number of people

2

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while

6

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

2

according to (someone)

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

2

(top of) shoulder

1

bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

that is to say; so that means

2

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

1

to get on a horse; to mount a horse

5

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

4

smoke; fumes

1

once again; yet again; (there you go) again

1

gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold

1

haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

Ujiyamada

3

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)

2

end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card

3

geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta

4

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

2

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

4

2.44 miles

1

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

2

to carry around; to carry on one's person

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

a certain ...

2

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)

1

The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

2

ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

1