jpdb beta

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

4

train (esp. long distance train); steam train

27

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

1

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

3

bento; Japanese box lunch

10

to intend; to be sure that

2

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

1

walking around at night; night travel; night train

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

4

east side; east bank

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

2

eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days

1

court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute

1

stamp; sticker (in messaging apps); (large) emoji

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

5

to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry

2

twentieth day of the month; twenty days

3

already; too late

2

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

2

second day of the month; two days

4

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

3

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

5

group; party; team; squad; section

1

aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

1

be; is

30

storefront; shopfront

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

11

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

4

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

9

large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet

1

work; job; labor; work

6

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

5

bottom; sole

8

mourning dress

1

military discharge

2

after

4

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

5

Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

1

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

1

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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souvenir shop

1

coarse oilpaper umbrella

3

the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)

1

to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

4