jpdb beta

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

2

hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

1

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

1

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

1

cave-in

5

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

8

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

1

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

2

warmth

1

to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

1

to look away; to turn away

1

flooring (material)

1

to wrap up

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

1

to value time

1

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

2

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

2

figure; shape; graphic

3

character string

1

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

roundish; sort of round

1

land

1

curved surface

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

smoke; fumes

1

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

2

to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet

2

obsidian

1

joint; seam; joining point

1

sea; ocean; waters

1

grains of sand

2

map

2

isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence

2

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

1

spy; secret agent

1

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

to surge; to well up; to gush out

1

hourglass

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1