jpdb beta

warabimochi; sweet dumpling made from bracken starch

6

shaking like a jelly; jellylike

1

as if it were about oneself

1

to practice magic; to practise magic

2

frog

2

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

4

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise

3

anecdote; story; episode

7

rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled

1

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

1

tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)

2

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

1

mutation

1

family tree; pedigree; genealogy

1

Taika Reforms (645 CE)

1

Abenokurahashimaro

1

false charge

1

time; pause; space; room

1

imperial prince

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

2

Minister of the Right (third-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)

1

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

2

your husband; her husband

1

(political) administration; political power

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

2

to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)

1

wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

2

black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

1

charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

2

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

1

the powers that be

3

black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

1

hawk; falcon

1

view (of life, etc.); outlook

5

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert

1

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

public office

1

to be handed down from generation to generation

2

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

6

heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object

1

observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

1

upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class

1

government office; government agency; authorities

1

operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution

1

making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)

2

Yasunori

2

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

2

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

3