jpdb beta

unpaved road; unsealed road; dirt road

1

ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

4

difficult to ...; hard to ...

5

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

3

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

2

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

5

Heian period (794-1185)

4

base; basis; bedrock; platform

1

Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869

2

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

1

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

2

fundamental; basic

2

sharp-edged tool; sharp weapon; convenience; facility; superior talent; outstanding ability

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

2

walking briskly; determinedly

1

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

1

(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

actually; really

1

good-looking; fair; beautiful

1

natural phenomenon (phenomena)

1

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

duty; obligation; responsibility

3

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

3

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

1

tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

6

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

1

number; amount

2

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

1

yes; that is so

1

Hollywood movie

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

each; respectively

3

parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

2

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

parent and child

2

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

7

mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby

2