jpdb beta

scenery; scene; landscape

5

entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

5

steep slope (incline)

1

dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

1

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

5

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

3

curvature; warp; bend

1

cellar; cave; hole in the ground

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

3

stairs; stairway; staircase

3

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

9

scenery

1

to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)

2

scene; view; prospect; outlook

5

row of houses; each house; every house; every door

3

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

6

Heian-jingu (shrine in Kyoto)

1

forest; shrine grove

12

urban areas; the streets; town; city

3

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

6

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

2

winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan

2

guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira

1

mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)

2

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

2

footwear; footgear; shoes

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

42

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

9

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

10

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

5

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

6

Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha

4

the sixteen arhats

2

tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird; beautiful tower

1

Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

13

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

18

head temple of a Buddhist sect

4

the same sect

1

different school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

7

same; similar; (just) like; equal

3

guidebook; guide

1

one hand

1

Kanou Tan'yuu (1602-1674)

2

Morinobu

2

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

4

the dharma eye; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (arch.) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.

2

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

3

self-satisfaction; rejoicing

2