jpdb beta

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

2

villager; village folk; countryfolk

2

to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

3

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

6

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

3

ha ha ha (laughter)

10

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

3

to (do) like this

2

competing; competition; auction

1

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

1

a throw; a fall

2

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

8

to observe carefully; to make sure

1

being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down

1

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

seeing; looking at

2

in the middle of a field

2

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

pain; ache; -algia

3

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

2

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages

1

one tanka; one poem

2

spirit of a poem; true meaning of a poem

1

small script

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

3

to give; to do ...

7

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

2

to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

1

to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to

1

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

2

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

1

to press against each other; to huddle together

1

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

9

loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

6

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

9

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

5

preface; foreword; preamble

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

4

old; olden

1

place name; toponym

1

mountain ridge; near a mountain

1

now; come (now); well

3

younger sister

23

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

9