jpdb beta

august; beautiful

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

1

very much; very many; more and more

1

foot-operated bellows; foot bellows

1

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

2

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

common reed (Phragmites australis)

1

congratulation; celebration

2

Island; insula; island; islet

4

remaining; left-over; excess

1

Genkai

3

Sea of Japan

1

naval battle

1

open sea; Okinawa

4

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

1

disgrace; humiliation

1

historic spot; historic remains; ruins

1

sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted

1

Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

1

worn-out rice land

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

Yokohama (city)

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inlet; seashore; beach

3

Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

pen

3

famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

2

silk fabric made in Hakata; Hakata cloth

2

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

2

spirit; disposition

1

light (weight)

1

increasing daily; increasing day by day; foodstuffs left out for many days

1

vegetable

1

rough sea; stormy sea

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

dirt; filth; grime

1

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

3

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

3

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

2

older brother; elder brother

3

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

3

mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)

2

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

cloud

1

drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water

1

ditch; drain; gutter; trench

1

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

2

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

4