jpdb beta

grandmother

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

2

lamp; light

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

7

future; distant future

2

topic of conversation

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

7

villager

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

2

fire brigade (pre-war Japan)

1

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

2

pushing by hand; hand gilding

1

purchase; buy

1

village headman; village mayor

2

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

4

assistant official

1

cause; origin; source

3

source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat

1

best; ideal; perfect

1

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

19

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

match (to light fire with)

2

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

16

to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

1

very small; tiny

1

hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation

1

permanent construction

1

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

3

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

13

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

37

farm hand; tenant

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

14

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

4

20 years old

3

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

3

construction; architecture (of buildings)

3

construction work

2

desperation; struggle to the death

2

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

13

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

33

day and night; turning night into day

1

completion (of a building)

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

4

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

7

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

10

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

1