jpdb beta

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis

1

one house

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

10

green paddy

2

textile; fabric

15

good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

1

Tatsuaki

1

coexistence; living together

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

3

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

4

after

2

exhibit

4

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage

1

years later

1

absent overseas

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

1

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

13

thirty; 30

2

three years

4

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

4

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

3

Otsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu

51

travel journal

1

store; shop; restaurant

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

1

to pass; to go past

1

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

3

storefront; shopfront

2

under the eaves

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

1

nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

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mounting (a picture)

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

5

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

1

inkstone

2

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

umbrella shop

1

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

2

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

13

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

spinning wheel

1

part-time farming

1

paintbrush

1

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

6

souvenir

3