jpdb beta

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

period; term; interval

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

one year; some time ago

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

Japanese person; Japanese people

1

intimacy; affection; familiarity

1

host family

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

family; members of a family

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

2

warm; mild; genial

1

love for (one's) family; family love; familial love

1

for the first time in one's life

1

(romantic) love

1

female high-school student

1

female high-school student

1

fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

16

My Neighbor Totoro (film)

1

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

1

step; stride; counter for steps

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

4

bridge

1

bookshop; bookstore

1

line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

sincerity; good faith

1

characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself

2

long distance relationship

1

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

I love you

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

return to one's country

1

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

2

how many times?

1

incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

1

late at night; at a late hour

1

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

2

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

1

brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)

2

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

3

to shave

2

now; nowadays

1

blanket

1

to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

1

sleepy; drowsy

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2