jpdb beta

measurements; weighing

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

cough; coughing; tussis

2

rose

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim

2

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

3

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

2

monetary offering; offertory

3

sitting in a circle

1

first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)

2

paper

2

another thing; other things; another man's property

1

900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot

2

to thank

5

rice ball

1

half a ri (measure of length); halfway

1

market; fair

2

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

4

topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

6

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira

2

tenth day of the month; ten days

2

soft roe; milt; albino

1

headache

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

2

Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

1

to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich

1

woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

1

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

1

2.44 miles

1

uncooked rice

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

convalescence

2

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

feel sick; feel unwell

1

dry riverbed; river beach

1

earthen bridge

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

three or four days

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

2

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

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the Grand Shrine at Ise

1

hometown; rural districts

1

watchman

1