jpdb beta

malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma

1

changing one's mind (and betraying someone); turning traitor (to); reversing; turning around; repetition; repeat

1

blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion

1

to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to walk (all the way) across; to traverse (on foot); to travel through

3

ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

2

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

3

ancient China

4

legendary; folkloric; traditional

1

to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

1

country; territory; domain; realm

7

somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side

1

extinguishment; destruction; effacement

11

land of the gods; Japan; China

1

to dance; to perform dance steps

5

to tramp; to hike

1

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

2

dance; dancing

5

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

4

subliminal

1

British Museum

2

treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

1

curio; rare article

2

700; seven hundred

2

(in one's) possession

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle

3

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

11

founder; progenitor; emperor

1

Noah's ark

2

flood disaster; drowning

1

day and night

2

to weave

1

divine punishment

2

to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

1

Minakata Kumagusu (1867.5.18-1941.12.29)

1

unpublished; unreleased; not yet made public

1

autobiography

2

blowgun; blowpipe; (blowgun) dart

1

stream; brook; creek

1

to regurgitate; to vomit; to throw up

1

to blow down (fruit)

1

blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignorant person

1

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

3

smoothly; easily; readily

1

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

4

with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl

4

water mill

5

with a (heavy) creak; with a (dull) squeak; with a grating sound; with a rasping sound

3

water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons

2