jpdb beta

charcoal; charred remains

1

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

3

owner

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

4

upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first

3

husband and wife; married couple

1

excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

8

drink; beverage

1

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

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

4

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

5

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

3

(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence

1

administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor

2

landline telephone; fixed-line telephone

1

indoor (court, pool, etc.)

1

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

4

telephone line

3

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

1

(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN

1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

4

at once; immediately; right now

2

to be a matter of life or death

1

rest; quiet; repose

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

Heian period (794-1185)

2

drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

1

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

1

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

3

God; god; ace; king; superior person

2

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

2

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

3

welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

2

only recently; just of late

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

2

as if; as though

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

5

you (plural); all of you; you all

3

verification; inspection

1

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

1

this sort of

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

5

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

2

several years; a few years

1

each time it happens; at all such times

1