jpdb beta

torii; Shinto shrine archway

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

1

silhouette

2

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

1

local dialect; vernacular; provincialism

1

short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment

3

little girl

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

side

2

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

3

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

1

event; function

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

friend; companion

4

to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

1

coward

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

3

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

3

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

2

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

1

dust; one ten-billionth

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

4

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

2

God; god; ace; king; superior person

4

to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around

3

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

1

Shinto shrine

3

main shrine; inner sanctuary

2

shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

8

fire; conflagration

1

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

1

to burn to a crisp; to scorch

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

(Shinto) shrine

1

history; pedigree; lineage

1

Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

1

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

1

gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

like this; this sort; this way

3

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)

1

enshrined deity

2

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

4

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

2

adult; grown-up

1

book; volume

2

to be absorbed in reading

1