jpdb beta

general survey

1

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

17

Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)

14

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

4

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

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

4

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

19

to take turns; to mingle together

2

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

6

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

9

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

1

to make a sound

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

5

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

6

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

in a row; in a line

2

national flag

1

small flag

2

to string along (of rope, etc.)

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

telegram

16

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

3

eight o'clock

21

to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together

1

bed; couch

2

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

5

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

5

well

6

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

18

air cushion

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

12

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

5

spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

1

father; dad; husband; you; he

1

draft papers; call-up notice; red paper

1

departure

5

association; union; guild

7

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

10

death (of a person)

1

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

5

Christmas

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

farewell; send-off

2

alcohol; sake

3

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

6

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

5

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

1

mother; wife

7

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

3