jpdb beta

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

13

now; the present time; just now; another; more

35

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

4

company; corporation; workplace

3

factory; plant; mill; workshop

3

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

4

woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

2

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

2

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

1

front; frontage; facade; main

1

of course; certainly; naturally

7

construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)

1

gardener

2

originally; by nature; from the start

3

shape of a tree

1

third stage; three stages

2

third floor

1

godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

1

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

pine tree

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

11

before the gate; in front of the gate

4

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

2

fuel

1

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

1

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

8

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

illustration (e.g. book); picture

8

awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

1

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

19

in comparison to; rather than

13

in the meanwhile; during the time

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

26

first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

15

first shrine visit of New Year

12

reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

1

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

1

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

13

national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)

5

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

8

200; two hundred

12

Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)

7

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

5

Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

2

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

35

Tarao

1

sand; grit

3

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

16

sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)

1