jpdb beta

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

goddess; female deity

2

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

11

this world; this life; world of the living

15

past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime

1

old age; old person; the old; the aged

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

(an) only child

1

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

to hide; to conceal oneself

3

only once

2

forest; shrine grove

5

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

5

sea of people; (very large) crowd of people

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

3

shall; should; must

6

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

9

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

5

enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

3

to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

8

Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

2

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

3

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

15

Yang energy; spirit

1

Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

5

same name; homonym

5

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

4

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

10

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

4

west wind

1

to begin to blow

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

1

(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove

1

entreaty; prayer

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

2

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

2

servant (of the people); minister (of religion)

2

woman; lady; adult female

2

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

4

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

6

noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa

4

(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies

6

fourth day of the month; four days

2

boy; man; male

3

to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

1