jpdb beta

sign; indication; omen

1

rejuvenation; restoration of youth

1

to be rejuvenated; to feel young again

6

captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master

9

to be fast at walking and running; to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)

1

sea bird

1

miraculous

1

infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; senescence; superannuation

1

bay; gulf; inlet

4

bow (of a boat); prow; stem; head

1

to change completely; to change suddenly

3

dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1

Maizuru

1

(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental

1

un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...

4

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

4

civic life

2

in the capital; in Tokyo; Western Tokyo; areas of Tokyo outside the 23 wards, esp. the Tama area

1

sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming

1

epidemic typhus; louse-borne typhus

1

smallpox; variola

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

8

to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about

1

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

relative; relation; kin

1

heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

1

sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

3

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister

1

thank you

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)

4

the same person

1

aunt

15

pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)

2

still; even now

1

souvenir; memento

1

inscription

2

posthumous Buddhist name

1

reading silently

1

to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing

2

petal

1

further; even more; still more; all the more

3

perpetual snow

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

3

glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling

4

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

1

a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)

4

young wife; young married woman

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

2