jpdb beta

to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies

1

to suck; to lick

1

nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)

3

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

2

rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple

1

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

1

sudden death

1

black lustre; black luster

1

thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

2

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

1

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person

1

to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

reminiscent talk

1

fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur

1

bedroom

3

a period of two days

2

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

1

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

2

to face on; to look out on to

7

sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

1

garden lantern; hanging lantern

1

dusk; twilight

5

after dinner

2

slow, relaxed walk; stroll

1

delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle

1

map

26

armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff

3

back (of a chair)

3

slender face

1

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

3

staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk

1

good evening

2

to be something familiar

1

(at the) window

3

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

south

5

beyond this point; from now on; after this

3

southwestern part; the southwest

1

southeastern part; the southeast

1

ornamental writing (esp. initial letters); decorative lettering; fancy script

1

mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language

1

incense

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

hubbub; din; noise

1

focal point; nodal point; node

2

chalk (mineral); white wall

1

desert

6