jpdb beta

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

1

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

2

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

6

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

12

living; livelihood

1

praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd

1

contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

3

place to sleep

2

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)

2

modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain

1

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

1

looks; features; (personal) appearance

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

1

intellectual

2

rational

2

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

1

to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

2

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

1

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

1

(grape) wine

8

anything; whatever; whatever one likes

2

favorite; favourite; pet

1

(wandering) minstrel; troubadour

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

collection of short Heian-period tales in the form of poems

3

misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

2

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

2

having weak legs; slow walker

1

to be overtaken by darkness

1

place to go; destination

2

supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition

2

riding together; riding with

3

big man; large man; tall man; giant

3

to plead; to urge; to pester; to beg; to badger; to complain

2

in the same way as; just like

6

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

2

supple; pliant; slender; delicate; lithe; lissome

1

to cook inside

1

resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

1

correction; revision; amendment

1

the past

1

to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe

8

several months

2