jpdb beta

driver; chauffeur

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indicates emphasis

5

orchard; fruit farm

1

loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

2

camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

3

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

2

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

5

muddy water

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

2

returning from school; going home from school

1

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

1

East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

3

fresh verdure; new green leaves

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

1

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

mountain road; mountain trail

1

to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

1

valley

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

2

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

2

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

darkness

10

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

8

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

this area; around here

2

to settle (in a place); to settle down

2

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

1

Sakimura

4

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

2

one boat; one ship

2

fishing boat

1

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

1

edge of town; outskirts of a village

1

precipice; cliff; flat head

2

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

1

Island; insula; island; islet

4

general store

4

slope; slanting surface; bevel

3

number of households (houses)

2

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof

2

tiled roof

1

antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions

1

cross mark; demerit mark; an X

4