jpdb beta

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

7

coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier

4

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

2

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

2

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

3

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

home; family; household

1

to hesitate; to waver

1

to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

3

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

3

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

4

to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

4

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

information; experience; knowledge; observation

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

stopping one night

1

to ring; to clang

1

welcome; reception

2

caller; visitor; company; guest

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

3

villager

4

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying

1

banquet; dinner party

1

bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

3

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

4

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

2

cub

1

heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud

2

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

5

appearing all together

1

seeing one off; farewell; escort

1

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

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common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins

2

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

2

to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

1

to be kind to; to treat kindly

4

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

2

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

3

snivel; nasal mucus; snot

1

snuffling; sniffling

1

dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa

2

mum; mom

2

filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)

1

next year

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

3