jpdb beta

to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone

2

marriage; wedding

1

retention; maintenance; preservation

4

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

2

main thread (of a story)

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

1

long way; great distance

1

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

12

twig; spray

1

Kohagi

3

major general; rear admiral; air commodore

1

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

2

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

real name

1

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

1

strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle

3

shin; shank; lower leg

11

express messenger; postman; mailman; courier

1

another place; foreign country

1

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

1

flight; escape

1

ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

2

eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses

3

(arch.) not; is; are

2

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

14

both feet; both legs

1

four-footed (animal)

2

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

3

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

2

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

ancient oriental belt decoration; counter for swords

3

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

3

female weaver; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae

1

popliteal fossa; popliteal space; area behind the knee

6

the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)

2

fifth (interval)

1

sun

3

well water

1

plain; open field

1

drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

1

Harima Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Harima province; 715 CE)

2

reedy field

1