jpdb beta

birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

rice

1

horizon (related to bodies of water)

1

course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

1

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

1

to fell a tree

1

long-lasting; durable; keeping well

1

rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings

1

fishing industry; fishery

1

person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)

1

women and children

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)

1

gem; jewel; precious stone

1

to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again

3

rice cultivation; rice farming

1

Viking

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

ocean

1

(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings

1

magnet; compass

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

drifting; drift; being adrift

3

one's native land

1

dugout canoe

1

roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain

1

tree; trees and shrubs

3

shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

1

weak; frail; fragile

1

man and horse; rider and horse; centaur

1

battalion; large force

1

truth

1

love; adoration; being fond of; having a passion for

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into

1

borrowing

1

conceptualism

1

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

1

Rikkokushi; six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods

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)

2

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

attentiveness

1

dugout canoe

1

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

1

sailcloth; canvas

1

sailor; boatman; passenger

1

fruit

1

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

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