jpdb beta

invisibly; secretly; privately

2

back of the house

2

hill; knoll

1

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

2

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

33

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

6

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

3

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

1

to get lost; to become lost; to go astray

2

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

2

back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means

1

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

afterglow

1

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

1

dim; gloomy

3

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

2

behind one's back

1

hard to see; obscured

1

the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar

1

the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar

1

northwest

1

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

2

check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque

3

type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

1

hokora; small wayside shrine

3

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

8

straw

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

12

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

offering

1

ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land

1

fifty; 50

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

6

to pass (of time); to elapse

5

ancestor

1

so to speak

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

6

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

showing no sign (of)

1

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

2

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

17

mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

4

to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour

1

details; particulars

1