jpdb beta

you; dear; honey

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

1

sound of the cicadas

5

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

1

to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

1

temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

1

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

faint smile

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

just a handful; only a small number (of)

1

to gradually disappear; to be vanishing

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

to fade; to become dim

1

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

1

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

1

car; vehicle

1

report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

1

fire engine; fire truck

1

epilogue

1

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1

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

2

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

1

to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

1

to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

1

loud laughter; roaring with laughter

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

1

muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

1

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

1

one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

1

to be burnt to death

1

winner; victor

2

fortune; luck

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

2

bright; intelligent

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

2

percent; percentage

1

chance of precipitation; chance of rain

1

news

1

full moon

1