jpdb beta

maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

3

sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance

1

comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice

1

thousand years; very long period; forever

2

peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

1

gossip; idle talk; chat

1

Suitenguu

1

first shrine visit of New Year

1

while doing over and over; repeatedly

1

to catch the eye; to attract attention

1

to sneak out; to creep out

1

crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

1

anteroom; antechamber

1

opposite side; opposition

1

north-west

1

under construction

1

Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

1

temple (Buddhist)

7

in deep black; in jet black

2

to tower over the surroundings

4

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)

5

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

4

room allocation; assignment of rooms

1

(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman

1

door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity

3

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

1

frequent; common; usual

1

bamboo basket

4

white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum

3

daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus

1

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

1

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

2

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

2

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

2

divide into four pieces; one fourth

5

one revolution; one rotation

1

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing

1

peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

1

rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

4

cupboard on the floor

9

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

3

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

1

rain barrel

1

jump; leap; skip; bound

3

socks; sock; stockings; stocking

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