jpdb beta

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

2

to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

3

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

4

fire alarm; fire bell

8

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

fire; conflagration

18

kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

1

shriek; scream

3

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

4

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

2

money; metal

3

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

2

good evening

2

eight o'clock

2

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

2

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

2

news

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

2

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

1

nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton

1

plain; open field

1

fire; flame; blaze

4

Matsuyamachisuji

1

sponsors of rikishi or their stables

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

1

to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

2

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

9

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

5

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

3

asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

2

stature; height

1

how should I know?; don't ask me

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

punishment; penalty

1

damned; cursed; accursed

1

arson; setting fire

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

3

before now; hitherto

1

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

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each time

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