jpdb beta

cave; hollow; cavity; hollow

3

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

7

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

5

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

3

inside; within

17

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

4

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

7

soul; spirit

2

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

5

twenty-six

5

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

Ishikawagun'ishikawamachi

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

8

spring; fountain

5

local Shinto deity; tutelary god

1

to look old; to get old

2

Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

19

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

2

that kind of; such a

11

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

10

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

3

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

horned owl

3

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

3

to inform; to report

1

lately; recently; nowadays

2

Niigata (city, prefecture)

2

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

2

to write down; to note; to remember

3

2.44 miles

1

common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace

1

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

1

if

1

larger section (of village)

4

west

7

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

1

Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)

1

possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people

3

large front gate

2

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

3

building lot; residential land

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

4

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

2

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

2

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

1

the same character

2

Seiichirō

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1