jpdb beta

orange (colour, color)

1

very dim light

2

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

5

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

2

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

one's mother

4

reluctant (to part)

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

at times; occasionally

9

to make sure someone is asleep; to listen for the breath of a sleeping person; to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

5

disorder; disturbance; unrest

2

net; netting; web

1

perfect; complete

1

to escape

1

a few hours

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

7

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

19

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)

2

mother

4

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

9

Nagano (city, prefecture)

1

relative; relation; kin

3

dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment

3

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

7

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

15

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

already; too late

15

older brother; elder brother

1

(early) childhood

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

2

to die

6

father

35

death in battle

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

breadwinner; hard worker

1

mother

33

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

4

baby; infant

2

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

younger sister

2

to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance

1

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

2

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

12

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

3

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

6

trial; test

1

old age

2