jpdb beta

well

1

study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company

8

publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)

70

modern literature

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

this world of suffering

1

overture; prelude

1

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

1

circus

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

martyrdom

1

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane; red-cap oranda (goldfish); Tanchō (koi variety); having a red crest or patch on the head (of a bird, fish, etc.)

1

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

1

truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

1

magazine

1

publishing part by part (e.g. in a magazine)

1

library; book collection; paperback book

1

writing something on commission; newly written text

3

poison

1

use; utility; effect; benefit

1

wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

1

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

1

moving; changing residence; change of address

2

Bungei Shunju (publisher); Bungei Shunju (magazine)

6

tree cricket (Oecanthus longicauda)

1

lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

1

remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

2

pure white; snow white

1

twenty-six

2

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

South America

1

Europe

1

return to one's country

1

hand drum

1

the literary world; literary circles

4

The Asahai Shimbun Company

1

Yoshida Ken'ichi

1

Oooka Shouhei (1909-1988)

2

Fukuda Tsuneari (1912-1994) (critic and translator of Shakespeare into Japanese)

2

potted tree

1

stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

1

belle; (town) beauty

1

crossword puzzle

1

secret; mystery

2

traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue

2

anthology

2

opening (of uncultivated land)

1

Yukio

1