jpdb beta

curio; antique

4

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

1

childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile

1

computer

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

online shopping; e-commerce; mail order

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

1

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

1

last month

1

relation; connection; affinity

1

enshrining together

1

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

storehouse; warehouse; godown

3

OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

1

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head

3

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

11

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

1

at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow

1

100 percent

2

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build

1

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

6

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

1

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

3

proposal; offer; request; application

1

during absence from home

1

to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)

3

to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

1

help

1

to telephone; to make a phone call

3

document; papers

2

freedom; liberty

2

to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...

1

person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit

1

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

1

six; 6

5

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

space; room; airspace

7

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

1

Japanese-style room

1

face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder

1

creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

2

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

bed

1

steel; steal (baseball, basketball)

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

4

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

7

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

3