jpdb beta

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

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eastern; east; Tokyo

2

thickly; densely; luxuriantly

1

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world

1

by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

1

Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040); Shōmen Kongō (deity); kōshin-machi (religious wake)

6

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

2

every other; second; alternate

1

retired and quiet; secluded

1

temple

1

starry night

2

Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

1

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

1

the end (of); powder

1

Hawaii; Hawai'i

2

hawk; falcon

1

Daimachi

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old castle; old fortress

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to pass through town

3

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1

Kuwashiro

1

Owarichō

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Nagoya (city)

1

orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

1

musical instrument

1

money; funds; gold coin

1

confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

3

suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down

1

to take precautions; to set a guard against attack

1

firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight

2

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

1

heartstrings; koto string

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

to laugh scornfully

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(coin) purse with a metal clasp

3

banknote; bill; note; paper money

2

to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

1

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

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nightfall; early evening

2

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

2

precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)

2

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

1

class

1

judo

1

to settle (a problem)

1

suddenly; abruptly; quickly

1

to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty

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Western book

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