jpdb beta

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

2

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

2

to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)

3

with a momentary flash of light

2

light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

4

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

4

snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop

1

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

3

Japan

1

woman in childbirth; woman who is just about to give birth; woman who has just given birth

2

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

5

round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

8

(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

2

wrong; different; not like that

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

2

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

questions and answers; dialogue

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

1

sailor; seaman

1

belle; (town) beauty

1

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)

1

late at night

3

to have a rumor circulating

2

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

3

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

3

moonlit night

2

laugh; smile

1

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

5

soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial

1

to take someone's hand

2

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

5

Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)

1

piece; fragment; one (object)

6

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

appearance; air; condition; state; form

2

white kimono

8

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

2

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

1

late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar

2

even though; despite; when

2

snow woman

3

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full; corpulent

1

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

3