jpdb beta

end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

1

to become distant; to recede

3

offering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.)

2

gifts given to or received by a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

3

seeing clearly

1

day of the Rooster; day of the Cock

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

3

renga poet

11

writer of haikai poems

3

idiom

1

seasonal word (in haiku); seasonal topic (in haiku); seasonal word used as a theme (at a haiku gathering)

7

total; complete

2

grand festival

1

rushing around; running wild

1

residents of the capital; townsfolk

5

sending off the spirits of the dead

2

Sumitomo

1

tracking down and killing; punitive expedition

1

divine power; sacred power; mysterious power; Shinriki (variety of rice)

2

river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

1

site

1

correct rules

2

to bear fruit

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

7

rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); exorcism

8

Gion-sha (former name for Yasaka-Jinja)

1

classical; classic

7

custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule

1

to fear; to be afraid of

7

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

1

accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band

3

late summer heat; lingering summer heat

1

to get irritated

1

to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)

1

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

1

drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)

1

employee

1

(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags

2

to change one's clothes

1

pedestrian traffic

2

rich or poor harvest

3

result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)

3

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

30

entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering

19

staying one night

1

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste

3

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

1

sleeping together

2

to invite; to show (someone) in

1

used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

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