jpdb beta

open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

1

one by one; in detail; minutely

2

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

8

greed; avarice

1

to heat; to heat up

1

to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things

1

idea; plan

1

boy; kid; child

1

in the dark

4

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

2

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

1

(United States of) America; USA

25

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

2

high and low; rise and fall

1

to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark

1

sometimes

1

property; assets; fortune

1

several times (as large, over)

1

this year

2

northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland

1

poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)

5

school; sect; party

2

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

6

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

3

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

2

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

2

to beat down prices

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

3

stationary point

1

speech; manner of speaking

1

rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping

2

rice price

7

earthenware

9

fall; decline; slump

1

inevitably; certainly

6

cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright

2

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

3

morning sun

1

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

1

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

9

to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

2

one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

2

anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation

2

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

4

thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent

4

gravesite; tomb

6

two days later; day after next; next day but one

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

3

melting

2