jpdb beta

on an island; on-island

3

nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

26

dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

2

white cloth

1

suspicious

1

daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments

1

voluble; eloquent

1

female line; matrilinear

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

small isolated island

2

island group; archipelago

1

your family; your house

1

great happiness

1

perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray

1

one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

2

high ground; elevation; hill; plateau

5

wooden wall

1

shingle roofing

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

big shot; higher-ups

2

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

1

exorcism rite; purification

1

both; (not) either

1

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

3

iron pot; iron pan

1

fruit of a tree; nut; berry

1

Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia

1

lotus leaf

1

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

3

land; shore

1

main thread (of a story)

1

to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew

1

wearily

1

to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

1

to be superstitious; to believe in omens

1

ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister

1

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

1

shunning; ostracism; exclusion; flick (of one's finger; to express disgust, scorn, disapproval, etc.)

1

to point upward; to look upward; to improve

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

elopement; running away with a lover

2

courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite

1

sure; yeah; I know

1

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

1

murder; murderer

1