jpdb beta

yearned for; longed for; missed

1

staying in Tokyo (the capital)

2

year end

1

decoration; ornament; trimmings

1

street; quarter; district; area

4

every night

1

walk; stroll

3

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

1

you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

4

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

however; but

55

dusky; dim; shady

1

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

1

bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

7

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

2

a certain ...

5

back street; back alley; slums

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

6

one house

5

small; little; tiny

11

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

6

outside of; not covered by

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

4

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

main street

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

26

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

9

in the background; not standing out

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

4

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

5

walking briskly; determinedly

5

tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

4

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

separate; scattered; apart

1

counter for chairs or seats

2

table

17

evergreen tree

1

potted plant; potting

2

Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

2

being unknown; not knowing; ignorance; foolishness

1

bamboo grove

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

11

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

3

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

electric light

18