jpdb beta

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

1

sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping

3

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

mountain path

1

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

2

to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep

1

early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

1

departure

1

fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia

1

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

3

about noon

1

valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum

2

to be erected; to be built

2

wind and rain; rainstorm

1

boarding; board fence

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

9

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

3

living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity

2

dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic

3

gushingly; freely (welling up); copiously

3

about the middle

1

to forget completely; to leave behind

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

3

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

1

call; hail; yell

6

come; go; stay; welcome

6

to be bothered (by something); to suffer

1

standing position (working, sex, etc.); erect position; upright position

1

here and there; everywhere

2

roaming; drifting about; wandering

4

wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country

4

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

disappointment; despair

3

mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

2

house to house; door to door

1

cavern; grotto

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

2

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

3

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

4

to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

1

military man

1

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1