jpdb beta

good-quality; superior in quality

4

good-quality; superior in quality

1

experimental; provisional

4

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

3

huh!; oh; wow; I see

6

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

8

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization

2

chilly; unpleasantly cold

1

new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

19

old type; old style

3

to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished

1

stop; stoppage; end

1

natural disaster; cataclysm

3

very bottom; rock bottom

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

4

Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)

3

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

2

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

1

Heian period (794-1185)

1

politician; statesman

1

literary talent

1

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

1

political

3

losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

1

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

1

after death

24

political opponent

4

to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

1

to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

1

deep-seated grudge; hatred

1

spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

1

custom

5

to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

2

Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

1

Tenman Shrine

1

way of calling (something or someone)

4

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily

3

climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope

2

mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut

1

waste heat; remaining heat; residual heat

2

end of the month

3

to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

1

miner

5

in order; sequential; seriatim

3

fast-talking; rapid talking

4

representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number

10

to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up

1

charcoal kiln

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

6