jpdb beta

to spy out; to smell out

3

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

error; mistake; slip; bug

2

to finish writing

1

Heiroku

3

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

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feudal lord; daimyo

1

dining table; a dish (type of food)

1

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

3

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

1

to prostrate oneself before

3

to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

morning; a.m.

2

reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

3

autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

2

ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)

1

red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot

1

sudden drop; precipitous slope

1

hillside; mountainside

1

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

1

birch (esp. Japanese white birch)

1

hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

1

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

1

growing thickly; growing densely

1

deciduous tree

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

2

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

1

thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)

1

next in line; heir

1

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

small; little; tiny

1

star shape; pentagram

1

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

mountain recess; deep in the mountains

2

gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower

1

path through forest; woodland path; logging road

1

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

1

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

4

hair (of the head)

1