jpdb beta

few decades; many decades; several decades

2

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

1

naughty; mischievous; unruly

2

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

7

good humour (humor); good mood

1

village road

2

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

2

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills

1

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

6

grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

2

thickly; densely; luxuriantly

2

someone who is going

3

in the trees

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

17

cut; notch; end; conclusion

1

in the dark

2

to come within sight

2

roof

13

castle tower; keep; donjon

2

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

1

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

4

castle gate

1

to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

arrival

2

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

15

to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

1

appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance

1

disposition; nature

1

bark (of a tree)

1

rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

2

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

13

easy to get on with; not needing reserve or formality; personable; affable; approachable

1

guard; convoy; escort

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

2

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

2

kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)

2

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1