jpdb beta

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

1

to make a sound

2

corridor; hallway; passageway

4

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

2

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

6

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

9

to recall; to remember; to recollect

17

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

1

similar to; like

3

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

3

Kōji

12

relative; relation; kin

3

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

14

father

8

control; management (e.g. of a business)

8

to die; to pass away

11

vacant house; unoccupied house

2

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

19

spacious; vast; wide

7

liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity

15

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

16

fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon

8

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

20

wood-burning stove; wood stove

2

bright red; bright

1

to burn; to get fired up

1

living; lifestyle; living room

4

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

one house

2

(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

1

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

3

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

48

rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

3

to rebuild; to reconstruct

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

4

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

4

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

13

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

18

Tōdō

2

painter; artist

9

possession; ownership

2

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)

14

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

10

here and there; in places

2

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

to remain; to be left

6

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

1

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

7