jpdb beta

maintenance; preservation; improvement

3

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

pond

1

multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments

1

top floor

2

city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey

9

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

2

household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods

1

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

indoor; inside the room

3

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

2

window blind; blinds; blind

1

secret base; hideout; hidden position

1

horizontal stripes; lateral stripes

2

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

2

dim; gloomy

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent

1

to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers

4

cot; bunk

1

bed

5

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

1

four corners; four ordinal directions

1

sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

1

floorboard

1

counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

3

everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan; silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

1

thimble

1

triangle; triangular shape

1

to be squashed by; to be pinned under

1

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

2

(early) childhood

1

looks; features

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

2

periodic; regular; routine

2

stirring; slight movement

3

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

1

young female rice planter; young girl

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