jpdb beta

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

7

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

6

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

1

(one's) life

4

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

6

the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

13

to redeem (from sin); to save

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

even

1

as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to

1

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

2

instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher

1

complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression

1

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

4

whereabouts; what part; how much; what point

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

2

once in a lifetime; once in one's life

1

title

2

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

3

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

2

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

2

one (thin, flat object); one sheet

5

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

3

kiss

13

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

2

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

1

Hagiwara Sakutarō (1886-1942)

1

prose

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

2

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

2

Nadja

1

first edition

2

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

1

surrealism

3

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

2

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

4

surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

2

dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem

1

stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

1

above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

4

sewing machine

1

(Western-style) umbrella

1

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

1

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

1

Lautreamont

2

poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

2