jpdb beta

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

1

storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown

2

to be erected; to be built

4

flower garden

3

already; now; no longer; not any more

3

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

one's remaining years

4

sixty; 60

2

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

nearest; closest

2

Kakuredono

2

pentatonic scale

1

railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

1

right beside; close to; nearby

1

exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day

4

to find out; to discover; to detect

1

train (esp. long distance train); steam train

5

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

6

newly-wed bride

2

baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

2

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

1

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

4

temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra

1

employee; employment

2

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

the time of setting out

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

sudden drop; precipitous slope

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

2

marriage ceremony; wedding

2

newly-wed; newly married

1

Heian period court clothing

1

asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

2

elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

older sister; elder sister

1

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

1

aunt

1

plump; rather overweight

1

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

1

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

secondary residence; vacation home; villa

1

zoo; zoological gardens

3

number of rooms

1