jpdb beta

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

1

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

1

it may be because

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come

3

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

3

another world

1

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

1

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

4

well, I must admit ...

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

6

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

2

Shisui

5

in the same way as; just like

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

2

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

3

almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

2

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

1

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

3

to have meaning; to be meaningful

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

8

this year

3

grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

2

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

2

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

8

grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

1

bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

3

misfortune; bad luck; evil; unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

3

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

12

ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy

1

good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient

3

to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

6

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

4

red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

2

woman entertainer; prostitute

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

9

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

1

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

1