jpdb beta

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

1

immediately; promptly

1

fault-finding; carping

1

many; a lot; much; multitude

1

brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life

1

extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman

10

on the way; someday

1

honorary position

2

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

3

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

to rampage; to run riot

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

1

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

1

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

1

licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

2

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

2

grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine

6

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

1

festival; feast; carnival

6

relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage

4

Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

1

Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

1

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

each; respectively; individually; separately

1

flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking

1

parade float; festival float

1

fireworks

2

wet through; drenched

1

black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

3

visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage

1

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

4

dark clouds; black clouds

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

1

sign; signal; cue

1

large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

heavy rain

1

izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

8

friend; acquaintance

1

house across the street; neighbor across the street

2

penmanship; calligraphy

3

heavy

1

to twist; to distort

1

to rebuke; to scold harshly

1

coarse oilpaper umbrella

2