jpdb beta

to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after

3

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

1

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

1

illustration; drawing

1

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

3

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

5

to draw a line

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

3

over-familiar

1

to sit down

3

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

2

picture scroll

3

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

1

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

6

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

3

quiver (of arrows; cylindrical)

1

The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)

1

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

1

humorous flavour; something comical

2

ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

1

hereabouts; around here

1

class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

2

rush mat; matting; mat

10

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

25

Japanese person; Japanese people

3

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

13

classical elegance; antiquity

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

1

acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair

1

LOL; haha

3

humor; humour; wit

1

east

21

mountain road; mountain trail

1

Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

2

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

2

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

3

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

7

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

3

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

28

awe; fear; dread; fright

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

4

giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

3

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

17

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

4

but; however; provided that

2