jpdb beta

foliage; leaves of trees

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

garden shrubs; trees; potted plant

2

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

2

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

west side; west bank

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

1

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

2

smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

2

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

gap (in a mountain ridge)

1

frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong

1

to farm; to cultivate a field

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

3

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

mainly; primarily

1

piece; dry-goods; piece goods

1

old clothes; secondhand clothing

1

monger; peddling

3

to make a living

2

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

priest; monk; bonze

2

the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

1

avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

2

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well

1

in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house

1

second son

1

lazybones; lay-about; good-for-nothing; idler

1

rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation

1

one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin

1

three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often

1

spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill

1

Enzan Station

1

silk thread; silk yarn

1

broker; jobber

1

several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

2

sense of virtue

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

3

to subsist; to keep on living

1

or; either ... or ...

2

wealth; riches; affluence; opulence

4

marriage proposal; marriage talks

6

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

3

failure; mistake; blunder

3

un-; non-; negative prefix

2

to escape

3

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

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