jpdb beta

bacterial cell; fungus body

1

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

3

basin (e.g. between mountains)

1

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

5

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

2

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1

model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form

1

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

2

hometown; rural township (of China)

2

formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

2

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

2

attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed

1

small scale

1

exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain

2

effect; result; worth; use; avail

1

Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto

1

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

3

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

1

isn't that right?

2

purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment

1

landowner; landlord; landlady

2

geographic features; divination based on the lay of the land

1

ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

to hurry on one's way

1

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

mountain castle

2

through; non-stop; direct; going straight to

1

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

2

gunpowder smoke

1

valley wind

2

bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

4

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

answer; solution

1

(another's) daughter; young lady

1

going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included

1

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

very rich person; the super rich

2

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

2

family register; census

2

in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

2

rich person

1

searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination

1

lifesaving

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

3

story; tale; talk; discussion

4

pride; haughtiness

1