jpdb beta

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

5

silent; still; quiet; hushed

1

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

half day

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ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

2

squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

4

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

2

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

3

treetop; tip of a branch

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

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

2

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

mulberry (tree)

1

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

2

riverside; edge of a river

1

cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)

1

regret; repentance; remorse

3

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

4

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

1

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

1

feigned; pretending (not to know)

2

win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins

13

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

1

to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

2

Italy

2

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

2

contrastive

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downstream

2

fishing line

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

2

ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

1

siblings; brothers and sisters

1

comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

gossip

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

2

wild chrysanthemum; aster

14

riverbank; riverside

3

millstone; mortar

7

gravesite; tomb

5

Itou Sachio (1864-1913)

1

to come to like a lot; to fall in love

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

2

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

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