jpdb beta

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

4

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

4

the very thing; itself

1

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

1

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

3

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

2

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

mother

1

the Industrial Revolution

1

Earth; the globe

2

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

1

Europe

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

2

train; electric train

1

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

3

science and technology; scientific technique

1

industrial goods

2

canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests

1

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

1

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

3

(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter

1

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

1

up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care

1

warp; curvature; curve; arch

1

human; human-like; as a person

1

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

5

military forces; hosts; troops

1

to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage

1

one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

1

another world

2

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

6

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

2

to play a leading role; to play a central part

2

(a place) out of one's reach

1

cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness

2

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

1

worthlessness

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

8

to hold fast; to protect to the end

2

to be relieved of one's post

1

to die

1

Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)

2

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

5

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

1

clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)

1

soprano

1