jpdb beta

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

very deeply

1

complete devotion; body and soul; one's best

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

1

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

6

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1

thin or diluted ink

1

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

4

moon; month

2

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

1

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil

1

to look old; to get old

1

city

2

building lot; residential land

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

3

along the river; riverside

1

fields (of rice and other crops)

1

to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there

1

agriculture

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

1

estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage

1

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

thirty; 30

1

several years; a few years

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

1

paddy field; farm

2

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

3

ear (head) of rice

1

to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

1

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

2

full; in plenty; ample

1

sun; sunshine; sunlight

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

nourishment; nutrient

1

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

1

to bear fruit; to ripen

1

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

1

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

2

deed; act

1

why; how

2

nostalgia

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

the good old days; halcyon days

1

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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