jpdb beta

travel; trip; journey

6

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

7

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

incontinence

1

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

5

to get slightly dirty (all over)

1

middle-aged man

3

you

9

niece

2

sphincter (muscle); constrictor

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

2

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

3

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

15

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

3

oof; ough; ulp

2

to moan; to groan

2

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

2

corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner

2

made of metal; metallic

1

as you know; as we know

1

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

1

motion

1

armoring; armouring; armor; armour

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

4

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

godparent; namer; first person to give something its name

1

really; truly

6

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

10

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

5

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament

2

talkative

1

to send flying with a kick

2

he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!

2

to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain

1

leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

1

amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger

1

appearance; look

1

very small

1

power

6

adult; grown-up

4

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

to become empty; to be emptied

4

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

coffin; casket

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

5

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

4

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

10

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1