jpdb beta

the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country

1

repair; improvement

1

both sides

1

roadside tree; row of trees

2

road surface

1

felling; logging

1

condensed milk; Soviet Union

2

(eruption of) smoke

2

outer rim of a crater

1

main street; avenue

1

fast moving; fast running; fast sailing

1

Gotou Shinpei (1857.7.24-1929.4.13)

2

Tokyo and Yokohama

4

national highway

4

mayor

2

plan; design; layout

3

plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal

2

double; twice (as much); twofold

1

width of a road

1

city council

1

large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet

1

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

1

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

1

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

1

to consult somebody; to talk something over

1

breadth, extent

1

demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

2

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

1

traffic accident

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

municipal expenditure

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

worry; agony; vexation; illness; sickness

1

still; even now

1

rustling (of wind); murmuring; whistling; soughing

1

breath of fresh air; cool (refreshing) breeze

1

outside the company

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)

3

Tokyo City

1

village

1

in name only; titular; nominal

1

to forget completely; to leave behind

1

road approaching a shrine

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

2

pebble

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

4

hedge

1