jpdb beta

accidental death; casualty

1

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

8

hill road

3

head-on collision

1

strange occurrence; unusual occurrence; unexpected occurrence; grave and unexpected occurrence

2

inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder

1

clock; watch; timepiece

1

great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god

4

standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

1

to rank next to; to come after

1

blindness in one eye; having one eye much bigger than the other; someone blind in one eye; someone with one eye much bigger than the other

1

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

2

ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables

2

Yushimatenjin

2

taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather

1

early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar

2

art object for a tokonoma

1

pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower

1

pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)

1

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

3

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

1

lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

floating on one's back

3

to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself

3

kite

12

folding screen

8

New Year's pine decoration

1

projection; reflection; image; match; harmony

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

2

short; brief

1

haori coat decorated with one's family crest

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

(plain) white fan

1

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

2

night rain

1

verse

3

livery; servant's clothes provided by employers

1

great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue

1

New Year's gift

3

toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often

1

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

2

battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)

3

frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

1

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

1

tune (melody, piece of music)

1

Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture

1

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

2

symphony (orchestra)

1