jpdb beta

passing the winter; hibernation

2

thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)

1

whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)

1

winter bird (resident)

1

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

1

migrating bird (that is just passing through en route to its final destination)

1

crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

1

ptarmigan (Lagopus muta, esp. the Japanese ptarmigan, Lagopus muta japonica); grouse

2

Nipponia

1

environmental conservation

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

1

soil pollution

1

great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

1

bird lover

1

quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

2

specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product

1

catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi

1

birdlime

1

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

2

lime stick for catching insects

1

Mozart

1

magic flute; The Magic Flute (by Mozart)

1

Kamogawa

1

Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394-1441)

2

Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

5

Akamatsu Mitsusuke (1381-1441)

2

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)

3

punitive force

1

Yamana Mochitoyo

1

Souzen

5

Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

3

name of a mountain

8

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

3

Yoshikatsu

1

being in office

2

Hino Tomiko

5

legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor

2

dying young; early death

1

concubine (of a noble)

2

the ways of the world; human nature

2

concern; interest

5

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

2

next term; next period; next version; next release

2

fathom

2

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

2

return to secular life; secularization; secularisation

5

Yoshimi

5