jpdb beta

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house; building; roof

1

one part; one portion; one section

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

1

new government; new administration

1

traveling inspectors sent by the Shogun in the Edo period

1

member of an entourage or retinue or party; attendant

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

2

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

1

time; age; chance; moment; occasion

1

content of a letter

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

3

First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)

1

at that time; in those days

14

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

3

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

4

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

1

form; shape; figure; visage

1

fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant

2

roadside trees

1

going to Tokyo; going east

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

5

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

3

wall; fence

14

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

12

letter; note

1

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

2

novel; original; new; innovative

1

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

1

imagination; supposition; guess

5

pen

1

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

1

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

8

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

58

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

14

hydrant; faucet; tap

4

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

3

steam; vapour; vapor

3

boiling water

4

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

east side; east bank

2

Shinto shrine

7

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

2

main shrine; inner sanctuary

1

stand straight up

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

33

front shrine; hall of worship

1