jpdb beta

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

corner; nook

5

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

1

paper money; note; bill

1

small salary; meagre salary; low pay

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

1

trifling; slight

1

salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

1

success; hit

7

sitting in a circle

1

to become; to amount to

48

coarse tea

2

used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

3

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

3

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

4

and then; and so; and; so then

4

chatting; idle talk

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

4

carrier

2

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

3

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

3

(not) one

6

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

1

Gotanda Station

1

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

3

visit for no reason; go on fool's errand

2

this occasion; at this time; now

3

fortune; luck

4

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

7

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

4

to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

8

dim; gloomy

6

storefront; front of a store

1

storefront; shopfront

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

11

firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly

2

sour look; surly face; pout

2

suspicious

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

thank you

3

certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

3

double suicide; lovers' suicide

3