jpdb beta

secretly; privately

2

telling; stating

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

4

-like

5

day by day; every day; by the day

2

common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

1

inside information

1

niece

1

blinking (in surprise)

1

(by) one's side; place close to one's person; place within arm's reach; used in letters to refer to the recipient indirectly or written beside an addressee's name to show respect

1

library; book collection; paperback book

1

next (spoken) word

2

utterly lacking (in ability); hopeless; useless; poor

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

8

the other day; a few days ago

1

you

6

poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite

1

glibly; volubly; at great length; to chatter away; to talk at great length; to babble

1

Jinnai

3

Sanjuurou

2

tent; tabernacle; small curtain-enclosed area (off a stage); Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan)

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

dyeing black; dyed black; priest robes; priesthood; mourning dress

2

conical wicker hat

9

inside the capital

2

speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech

13

last year

4

March; third month of the lunar calendar

2

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

2

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

2

within the sphere of influence (of)

1

to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble

1

pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

1

alternately; in succession

1

contemplation; meditation

1

closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

2

nothing but; none other than

1

knee

1

consent; acceptance; agreement

2

to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify

3

to say without hesitation; to assert boldly; to declare flatly; to rebuff (someone's argument); to argue down; to talk down

1

tuna; Pacific bluefin tuna

1

to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed

2

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

3

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

3

handling one's workmen

1

to itch; to feel itchy; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager

1

interview; stage debut; first appearance; meeting; trial for a servant

1

first role

1