jpdb beta

dust

2

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

to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)

2

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

2

village along a (large) river

6

mid-stream; middle course; middle class

1

round shape; circle; circular form

1

two ken (approx. 3.6m)

2

Minamimurogun

2

large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa

3

Shiradayū

2

large stone; boulder; dragon; long group of connected stones spanning a wide area

8

fence; hedge; railing; barrier; wall

1

Kankou

4

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

4

Haruhiko

1

return; coming back

3

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)

2

pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment

2

year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

6

finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

2

Ujiyamada

2

Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

1

syllabary; phonetic symbol

2

Jūrou

1

brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend

6

group; body; party; company; troupe; gang

1

third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

1

defeated soldier fleeing the enemy

1

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

1

Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

7

Nameishi

1

talc; talcum

4

black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

1

bay; inlet; gulf; creek

1

land reclamation; land fill

1

Jinguukougou (empress)

2

conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)

1

Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)

6

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

1

how many; how old

1

Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

1

inlet; bay

3

negative; minus

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

2

too (much); overly; excessively

1