jpdb beta

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately

1

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

2

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)

1

topography; geographical description

1

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

2

measured map; surveyed map

1

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

1

Ainu (language)

1

one ten-thousandth

1

riverside; riverbank

3

official in charge; person in charge

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

1

new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

this kind

1

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

1

public organization; public organisation

1

exclusive; attached to; specialist

1

dark night

1

to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed

1

ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

1

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

2

locals; natives

3

absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

3

Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period

1

Hitachi Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hitachi province; ca. 720 CE)

1

to catch fish

1

natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix

1

anywhere

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

2

both banks (of a river)

1

width of a river

2

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

1

water current

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

2

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

2

burial

2

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

1

very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

2

to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

7

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

1

woodturner

35

(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

2

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1