jpdb beta

total destruction by fire; being burned down

1

mere; only; just; slight

2

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

5

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

5

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

5

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

5

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

1

all you want; as much as one wants

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

18

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

13

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

6

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

1

to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)

2

stairs; stairway; staircase

5

terrace

5

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

20

to bring (someone into a place); to lead into

2

(protective) coat; casing; housing; jacket

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

7

Erard

1

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

9

key (on a piano, organ, etc.)

1

bass register

1

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

2

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

5

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

12

Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)

4

equal temperament; mean-tone tuning

3

Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western

3

koto music

3

C major

3

fugue

3

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

2

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

10

gill (unit of volume)

3

Searle; Sarles

1

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

11

orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

1

person who is ...; thing that is ...

5

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

9

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

5

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

4

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

8

to sink in; to cave in

1

hairline at the nape of the neck; nape

1

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

6