jpdb beta

visit (from someone); call

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

1

magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof

1

tourist attractions

1

reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete

1

to rebuild; to reconstruct

1

hotel

3

employee; worker

1

what on Earth is this?

1

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

2

weight stone (placed on pickles)

1

charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code

1

right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead

1

swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)

1

other people; others

1

swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

3

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

2

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

2

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

1

sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

7

modern

1

traditional; customary; conventional

2

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

1

wintertime; winter season

5

cultural assets; cultural property

1

structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling

1

wind blowing snow down a mountain; removing snow from the roof of a house

2

snow; snowfall

4

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

5

latitude

1

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)

2

south

1

to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of

1

area of heavy snowfall

1

heavy snow; heavy snowfall; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

1

mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut

1

seaward side

1

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

cold wind

1

mountain range; mountain belt

1

snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

3

Pacific Ocean

1

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

1

training camp

2

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

1