jpdb beta

valley; ravine; gorge; canyon

1

Sahei

35

agricultural community; farm village; rural

1

fair-skinned; light-complexioned

1

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

1

common camellia (Camellia japonica)

5

plump; fat; thick (e.g. curry); full (e.g. lips)

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

2

charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

1

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

3

my husband; one's family; family member

9

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

6

to return; to come back

8

morning; forenoon; just before noon

1

plop; splash

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

1

to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

2

to understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced

1

parting; farewell

3

village headman; village mayor

1

(dead) body; corpse; remains

4

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

Oshido

1

lucky; fortunate

1

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

1

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

1

to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head

1

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

1

(it is such) a thing

3

tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)

2

water well

2

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

3

superstition; superstitious belief

1

snow-bearing wind; wind bringing snow

7

to push back; to press back; to force back

1

snow storm; blizzard

10

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

2

Kumagaya

7

to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

1

charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet

1

to approach

1

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

1