jpdb beta

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

1

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

3

committee member

2

to be prolonged; to drag on

2

inefficient

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

2

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

2

to look sour (disgusted)

1

every person; each one; everybody

3

journey; route of a journey

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

outward journey

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex

1

congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

2

to have; to possess

1

autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

1

consecutive holidays

2

in one's own way or style

5

crowd of people

2

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

4

here and there; everywhere

1

none

2

to lack

1

individual; private person; personal; private

1

traveller; traveler

1

taking the family along

1

couple

1

tour

2

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

6

road approaching a shrine

3

avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

before the gate; in front of the gate

1

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

2

first torii gate of a shrine

1

Nikkouzanrinnouji

1

left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back

1

pension (Western-style boardinghouse)

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

2

reserved; engaged

1

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

2

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

3

cost; expense

1

briskly; quickly; promptly

1