jpdb beta

tradition; legend

1

celebrity; personage

1

picture scroll

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore

2

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

2

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

1

cannibalism; anthropophagism

1

picture book

1

nonchalantly; without a care

1

costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)

1

one's property; personal effects; one's belongings

2

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

forest; shrine grove

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

1

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

6

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

1

divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

1

sightseeing; tourism

1

degree of familiarity; popularity

1

(at the) window

1

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

1

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

4

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

1

ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

2

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

1

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

4

to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

1

to run through; to run past

2

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

2

discretion; judgement

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

5

high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

4

child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster

1

subjective

3

uncertain; vague; ambiguous

2

feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

1

oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith

1

to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

2

temples and shrines

1

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires

1