jpdb beta

nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

to laugh away; to laugh off

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

1

good or bad luck; fortune

1

withered silver grass

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

walk; stroll

3

to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

1

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

5

ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase

1

width of a road

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

3

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

1

several (levels, floors)

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

2

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

1

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

2

lake surface

1

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

2

polish; improvement; burnishing

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

1

autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

2

to be tired of looking at

1

cirrocumulus cloud

1

fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

1

through glass

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

2

temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

1

is something that; is that which

2

waste of time; killing time

1

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage

1

comfort; consolation; diversion

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

1

to make oneself available (free)

1

now that; since; as long as; provided that

1

don't worry; there's no need to worry

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

sophistry; sophism

2

Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

1

to burst into laughter

1

Mika

1

(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)

1

to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care

1

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

2

to begin to blow

1