jpdb beta

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

1

terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

1

Arashiyama Station (Hankyu)

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

evening; last night; yesterday evening

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

1

harvest moon

2

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

2

to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon

2

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

1

Kitaooji Rosanjin (1883.3.23-1959.12.21)

1

anecdote

1

master; masterhand; maestro

1

Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

1

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

1

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

1

tea-ceremony room; tea-ceremony hut; restaurant; coffee shop; cafe

1

upper reaches of a river; upstream

1

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

1

to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield

1

train (esp. long distance train); steam train

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

2

season; time of year

1

Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena); round variety of eggplant famously grown in Kyoto

1

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

1

next year

5

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

novelist; fiction writer

1

house party; stayover

1

to work hard; to work diligently

1

Kinokuniya

1

financier (type of pastry)

1

Tokyo Midtown

1

normalcy; normality; normal

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

1

complete change; about-face

3

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

9

distance; range

2

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify

1

membrane; film

2

existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

to rely on

2

distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2