jpdb beta

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

4

Saga (city, prefecture)

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

3

manservant

2

for fun; half in jest

4

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

3

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

3

a little more

1

to cite an example

1

Takasaki (city in Gunma)

3

very much; very many; more and more

1

Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)

4

hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

1

dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

1

Narita

2

one's possessions; ownership

1

half-erect (e.g. building)

1

holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail

4

site; plot; lot; grounds

2

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

1

beheading; decapitation

1

place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

1

making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

2

adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with

1

rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

12

to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

3

to get information; to find out; to get wind of

7

green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)

1

just a minute; small quantity

1

something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration

2

galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)

1

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

2

to watch for an unguarded moment

1

in the end; on top of that

1

Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)

3

report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

6

place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

4

house for rent

1

kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

2

bell (often globular)

1

candle holder

1

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2

goods; articles

1

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

2

sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim

1

Buddhist (household) altar

1