jpdb beta

secondary residence; vacation home; villa

1

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

1

eardrum; tympanic membrane

1

small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

6

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

1

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

3

carnivore; carnivorous animal

1

sole of the foot

2

cemetery; graveyard

2

belfry; bell tower

4

stone wall

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

15

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

4

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

2

main temple building; nave

12

veranda edge

1

one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit

1

threat

2

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

1

shin; shank; lower leg

3

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

2

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

3

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

2

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

3

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

3

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

1

loosely woven mat

1

high-pitched; high in the instep

2

high-pitched; shrill

2

chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)

1

hell on earth; living hell

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings

1

than; other than; except; but

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

3

dais for a Buddhist image

8

to strangle to death

1

waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

to strangle to death

1

revengeful ghost; apparition

6

pure white

1

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

2

woman; lady; adult female

1

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

2

wicked tongue; abusive language

2

to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

1