jpdb beta

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

spring; welling of water

2

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

1

the same generation; coeval

1

to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

1

dinner; evening meal

1

buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

1

skewered dango

1

personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

1

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1

mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

1

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

3

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

3

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

1

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

3

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

6

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

3

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

1

to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

1

laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck

1

flashback

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

curse; spell; malediction

1

flood; flooding

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)

1

hardness; stiffness

1

impression

2

feel; touch

1

salty taste; saltiness

1

thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded

3

contradiction; inconsistency

1

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

1

fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted

1

no matter how much time passes

1

to become weak

1

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

2

to eat up

1

little by little

1

greedy

2

lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

1

to count; to enumerate

3

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

1

condensed milk; Soviet Union

3

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

3