jpdb beta

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

3

wicker trunk

1

inkstone case

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

2

page

1

morning and evening

1

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

but; however; provided that

1

to fly in the air

2

hard struggle; strenuous effort

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

fire alarm; fire bell

3

night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt

1

to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

(made of) stone; stone-built

1

commerce; trade; business

1

institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

1

public facilities; utilities

1

brick

2

spread of fire

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

2

this month

1

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

1

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

1

to twitch

1

arson; setting fire

5

miscellaneous matters

1

source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat

2

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

2

sand-coated interior wall (in traditional Japanese architecture)

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

bad habit; bad habits

2

arson; incendiarism

7

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

5

glancing (look)

1

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

1

to begin to walk; to set out

1

to make one's rounds; to patrol

8

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

1

heartening; reassuring

1

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

2

prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished

1

businessman; industrialist

1