jpdb beta

I; me

15

mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

1

indicates emphasis

2

gem; jewel; precious stone

1

25; twenty five

1

even though; despite; when

1

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)

1

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

2

Kyōtarō Nishimura (1930.9.6-2022.3.3)

1

Calpis (Japanese milk-based soft drink); Calpico

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

Hakone Shrine

1

both; (not) either

3

rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish

2

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

1

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

1

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

2

age of a tree

1

1,000; one thousand

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

1

sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

2

High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)

1

descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance

1

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

2

Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

1

to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!

1

(power of) imagination

1

Motohakonesekibutsugun

1

Soga

1

grave; gravesite; tomb

2

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

1

taxi

2

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

4

be; is; isn't it?

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

1

driver; chauffeur

2

company; corporation; firm; one's workplace

2

recreation facility (usu. corporate-owned and for the exclusive use of the corporation's employees); rest home; retreat center

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

1

quantity or volume of water

1

to burn; to get fired up

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

2

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

1