jpdb beta

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

3

in this manner; in this way; like this

1

Kamikoanimura

2

the great municipal mergers of the Heisei era; series of large-scale municipal mergers carried out between 1995 and 2010 under the temporary Special Mergers Law

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

3

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

4

arrow; wedge; chock

2

200; two hundred

4

migration; immigration

3

people

13

even now; still; as yet

7

human; personal

1

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

3

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

11

traditional art; traditional performance art

1

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

2

music; old Japanese court music; gagaku

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

eighty; 80

5

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

1

soul; spirit

26

indicates emphasis

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person

2

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

4

roots

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

5

to differ; to vary; to disagree

1

is something that; is that which

3

hometown; rural township (of China)

5

Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)

3

Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)

4

prefectural border; prefectural boundary

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

2

Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

several people; a few people

8

to settle (in a place); to settle down

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

5

steep; sharp

2

terrain; geographical features; topography

3

one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

1

reason; cause; circumstances

2

rice cultivation; rice crop

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

2

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

production output; number of goods manufactured

1