jpdb beta

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

2

loud; sonorous; ringing

3

cheer; shout of joy

2

long life; longevity

1

great difference; major mistake

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

2

grey; gray; ashen

4

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

3

to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

2

autopsy; inquest; investigation of death

34

government service; the bureaucracy

34

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

2

drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)

2

store; shop; restaurant

2

manager; proprietor

2

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

2

setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

3

to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag

3

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

1

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

1

rocky mountain

1

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

2

charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating

1

garden; park

8

furniture

5

to clean up; to clear away; to put in order

1

to open the door

5

shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

7

inner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard

1

three sides; small offering stand

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside

1

indoor; inside the room

9

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

to feel anger

1

eight-sided shape; octagon

2

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

coloured glass; colored glass

1

checked pattern; chequered pattern; checks; checkers; chequers

1

small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

1

soft light

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

3

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

6

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

2

vent; vent hole; air hole

3

ventilation

1

to face on; to look out on to

1

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

8