jpdb beta

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

44

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

1

barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

6

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

14

(sake) decanter

6

Tsuyuhiji

1

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

16

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

6

moat; horizontal trench

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

3

this is why; this means; it is the case that

2

to come back

4

triangle; triangular shape

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

10

road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

21

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

12

course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

1

the two; both

5

paddle steamer

1

(navigable) canal; waterway

1

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

1

2.44 miles

8

to walk

81

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

7

other side; opposite side; other party

4

meanwhile; in the meantime

2

night boat

1

empire; imperial

3

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

6

ahead; before; ago

6

Ougai

6

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

6

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

6

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

14

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

5

however; because; as

16

poet (of tanka poems)

15

biography; life story

3

one's own work; making by oneself

3

to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

6

castle

10

being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

4

in those days

4

elegant (literary) style

1

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

3

the original; original copy; script

2

pine tree

1

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

18