jpdb beta

rain cloud

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

2

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

1

dear friends; (all of) you or those men

1

to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

lake (in place names)

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

flight; flying; soaring

1

dungeon

4

to shine (of the Sun)

1

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

evening

1

having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about

1

prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

2

political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience

1

(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)

1

to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover

3

to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)

1

next year

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

since then; after that

2

iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

2

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

2

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

countless; incalculable

2

each house; every house; many houses

1

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

1

just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

2

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

5

structure; building

1

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

1

air vent

1

divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off

1

inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls

6

exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually

1

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

1

tap; knock; bonk

1

main castle; stronghold; inner citadel; this castle

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

social life; social intercourse

1

to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up

1

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

2

hill; knoll

1

to roll up; to be rolled up

1

to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

1