jpdb beta

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills

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falling petals

1

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity

2

flying bird

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

2

new building; new construction

1

city meeting hall; civic hall; community center

1

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

1

cherry blossoms at night

1

branch (of flowers); cluster; mass (of clouds)

1

many branches

1

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

1

to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

4

low (level, value, price, etc.)

2

breath; breathing; tone; mood

7

sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms

1

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

night air; stillness of night; cool evening

2

raid; attack; invasion

1

to be deceived by a fox

1

Enchi Fumiko

1

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

7

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

19

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

3

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

23

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

3

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

5

Masamune Hakuchou (1879-1962)

3

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

1

Neva

5

monologue; soliloquy; German (language)

3

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

2

double suicide; lovers' suicide

4

to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

1

Raskolnikov

3

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

2

modern society

2

to disappear; to vanish

7

to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable

1

Khabarovsk (Russia)

2

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1

jazz

1

noise; din

1

alliance; union; league

3