jpdb beta

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

1

monetary offering; offertory

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

recent years

2

foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy

1

stranger; outsider

2

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

3

relation; connection; relevance

5

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

9

two years later; year after next

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

4

to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)

1

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

1

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

1

order; turn

2

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

2

to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

2

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

3

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

3

extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)

5

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

lifework; life's work

3

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

6

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

2

supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon

1

God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person

2

whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

2

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

1

Santa Claus

3

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

immediate reply

1

phenomenon

3

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

2

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

1

battle for Christmas sales

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

strategy; tactics

1

based on; on the basis of

1

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

folklore studies; folkloristics

1

point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)

2

research; study; investigation

4

to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)

3

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1