jpdb beta

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

2

prefectural road

1

scenery

1

bus; bus

1

destination (one is heading towards); goal

1

arrival

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

4

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

pedal

1

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

3

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

pedestrian traffic

1

to ease up the speed

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

3

bench

1

bored; having nothing to do; idle

1

hello; good day; good afternoon

1

to go bad (of food); to spoil; to turn sour

1

offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

3

long (time that has passed); old (story)

1

idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

1

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking

1

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

3

classmate

3

visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter

1

return; coming back

1

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

1

to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

1

fluent; smooth; flowing

1

smoothly; easily; readily

1

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

1

contrived; false-sounding

1

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

2

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity

1

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

1

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

1

to cast down one's eyes

1

rotten smell; putrid odor

3

feces and urine; excreta; human waste

1

all-out attack; general offensive

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1