jpdb beta

who; what kind of person

3

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

5

to be reminded of; to call to mind

2

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

15

to scoop; to ladle out

7

(dead) body; corpse

1

men; manservant; male attendants to an actor

2

undeveloped woodland near populated area; settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

4

brushwood; firewood

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

ash; ashes

2

rice field

3

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

2

first; new

1

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

5

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

27

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

2

green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

2

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

6

chimney

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

12

bedside; near one's pillow

2

sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird

1

to be able to see

3

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

4

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

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

4

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

5

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

18

to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

1

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

18

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

4

clearly; brightly; crisply

1

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

18

frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

3

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

19

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

5

as far as the eye can see

2

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

3

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills

1

white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

2

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

7

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

7

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

3

1,000; thousand

6

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

dawn; daybreak

5

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

3