jpdb beta

general; popular; common; typical

3

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

9

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

coffin; casket

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

4

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

2

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

2

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

2

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

9

misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox

3

food

4

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

3

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

medical care; medical treatment

1

development; growth

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

5

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

4

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

expression; phraseology

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

4

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products

3

to bear fruit; to ripen

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

6

worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker

1

to fall ill; to be taken ill

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

5

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

5

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

18

bag of rice

1

protective wall; bulwark

1

because

2

cooked white rice

1

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

1

granular; granulated

2

worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

1

to count; to enumerate

3

habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

5

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

3

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

8

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

manners and customs; folkways; usage

2

Europe

1

vampire; bloodsucker

2

opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

1

to gather

1

mustard

2

blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus

1