jpdb beta

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

6

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

2

existing

1

each; every; all

3

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

3

lovely; sweet

5

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

1

(lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

1

to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

7

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

2

aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

2

wood chip; splinter; thin shingles

9

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

1

Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

public telephone; pay phone

1

un-; non-; negative prefix

7

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

9

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

3

idler; the unemployed

2

southern

3

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

2

band; belt

2

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

8

Masako

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

11

Jugemu (Japanese folktale)

6

kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones

3

to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold

3

Kaijarisuigyo

3

rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

1

you; my dear; hey

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

6

cold-water ablutions

1

the end (of); powder

3

Unrai

1

frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism; first-time guest in a red-light district

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

family name; lineage; birth; clan

1

temple; monk

1

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

2

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

8

to do so; to do thus

5

of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

4

all; entire; whole; altogether

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