jpdb beta

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

1

to lie down (and rest)

2

vigorous; healthy; sound

1

of course; certainly; naturally

1

uncle

8

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

2

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

aunt

4

every single word and phrase; word by word

1

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

1

flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone

1

peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity

4

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

severe; harsh

1

to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

1

relative; relation; kin

3

endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous

1

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

5

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

1

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

1

to die; to pass away

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

18

village

2

contest

1

third; no. three

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

3

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

straw sandals

1

(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

3

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

2

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

1

Keiko

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

2

wild boar; wild pig

1

to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

5

climax; uprush; bulge

1

drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily

1

to trickle down

2

urination

1

talking about memories; reminiscences

1

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

1

as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough

1