jpdb beta

25; twenty five

2

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

2

still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

2

Ainu

8

Sarashina Genzou (1904.2.15-1985.9.25)

2

frequency (of occurrence)

2

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

2

abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon

12

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

ethnologist

2

Oobayashi Taryō

4

pregnant woman

6

Southeast Asia

1

distribution

1

Indonesia

1

Halmahera (island)

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

3

both feet; both legs

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

Ambon (Indonesia)

1

Island; insula; island; islet

1

hair (on the head); (a) hair

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

4

armpit; axilla

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

1

to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)

1

to wander; to roam from place to place

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

2

Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

1

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth

1

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

4

Matsue (city in Shimane)

2

coffin; casket

2

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings

1

ferriage

1

six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

2

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

2

male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)

1

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904; Irish-Greek-born Japanese writer); Koizumi Yakumo

1

Lafcadio

1

khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)

1

face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder

1