jpdb beta

evergreen

1

cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

3

Kusaba

1

white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

1

corner; remote country place

1

long night; all night

1

every night; nightly

1

moisture; humidity; dampness; scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch

3

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

1

fate; life or death

1

hunch; foreboding; premonition

1

despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of

2

to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone; (arch.) to use as an excuse; (arch.) to make a pretext of

1

grudge; complaint; reproach

1

ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual

1

consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern

1

reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

2

female presence

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

1

new publication; new book; new edition; reissue; republication

1

portrait

1

triptych

1

cold wintry wind

1

to stop blowing (of wind); to blow over; to blow itself out; to die down; to subside; to abate

1

cold night

2

explanation of a picture; explanation by means of pictures; explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery)

1

dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies

1

thousand years; very long period; forever

15

insurgent; rioter; mob

1

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

2

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

2

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

2

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)

5

reward; prize

2

reward; prize

1

seeming lonely

1

progress

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

3

soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

female owner; proprietress; landlady

1

Jintarou

40

disposition; nature

1

to say; to tell (somebody); to state

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

5