jpdb beta

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

2

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

2

awe; fear; dread; fright

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

1

shall; should; must

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

1

marriage proposal; courtship

3

story; tale

3

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

5

powerful family; powerful clan

3

to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time

1

every evening; night after night

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

2

mother

4

to suspect

2

thread; yarn; string

3

fan columbine (Aquilegia flabellata); hemp yarn wound into a hollow ball; egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

1

to sew on

1

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

3

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

1

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

3

Hizen Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hizen province; approx. 732 CE)

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The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari

1

Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

1

rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

1

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

1

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

1

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

3

big snake; serpent

4

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

2

cave; cavern; den; grotto

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god

2

heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product

2

true character; real nature

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

inlet; bay

1

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

1

we; us

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

9

hell

3

Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)

1

lava

1

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

2

to blaze; to burn brightly

1

straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

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