jpdb beta

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

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to come to like a lot; to fall in love

2

beginning; start; outset

4

Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

1

rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

1

Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)

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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

5

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

1

must not; do not

1

travel; trip; journey

1

castle

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive

3

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

7

phrase; strawberry

1

cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

1

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

4

pattern; design

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

5

woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)

1

poet (of tanka poems)

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

4

belle; (town) beauty

1

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

1

to dry

1

childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)

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having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension

1

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

5

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

1

cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

1

further; above; anymore

12

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

4

beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

1

trying on clothes

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to be enlivened; to be exhilarated

3