jpdb beta

(written) invitation; letter of invitation

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

2

well done; good job

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

4

portrait of a beautiful woman (esp. ukiyo-e); bijin-ga

1

woman; female; feminine gender

8

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out

1

in deep black; in jet black

1

hair (on the head)

5

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

long and narrow

1

this time; now

2

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

1

what kind of; what sort of; what

3

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

5

party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

4

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

1

Claudel

11

eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

1

owner

1

tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution

2

tidying up; finishing

1

time; hour; period; class

2

lower floor

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

4

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

2

rich person; wealthy person

4

pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

3

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

last night; yesterday evening

1

cleaning the floor

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

1

public bath; bathhouse

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage

5

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

4

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1