jpdb beta

mountain castle

1

antiquity; ancient times

9

transferral of a sacred object from its place of enshrinement; imperial procession

2

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

1

Souchi

1

flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

1

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

1

open sea; Okinawa

1

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

1

name; given name; first name

1

printed program; printed programme

1

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

1

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

6

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

2

huge; gigantic; enormous

3

payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

16

image; idol; statue

4

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

1

just a minute; small quantity

1

always; constantly

13

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

1

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

1

always; usually

1

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune

1

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

1

to save up (money)

1

beast; brute; animal

1

(arch.) to place a hat, etc. on someone's head; to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir; to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else; to use something as an excuse or a pretext

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

2

(by) one's side; nearby location; place close to one's person; you

1

top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

ill will; malice; evil intent

1

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

21

rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); exorcism

1

to change places; to relieve (one another)

1

Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)

1

shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

1

vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility

1

summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

1

dragonfly; damselfly

1

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

3

to hang; to hang up

1