jpdb beta

easy chair; armchair

1

knitting; knitted material; crochet

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

1

sword skills; swordsmanship

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

1

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

1

secret technique; secret art

1

stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

2

(one's) age

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest

1

embarrassing

1

inn

1

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

1

unique; peculiar; singular

1

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

1

town girl; girl raised in a town

1

gal (unit of gravitational acceleration)

15

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

3

wooden sword

2

(sleeveless) undergarment; padded undershirt

3

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

11

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

1

curious; strange; unusual

2

being lightly dressed

1

doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person

1

wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly

1

exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary

1

indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)

1

straight line

1

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely

1

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

1

snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape

1

valley; ravine; gorge; canyon

1

beyond that point; after that

1

wall; fence

1

one house

1

to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

1

cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking

1

bucket; pail; tub

2

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

2

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

this family; our family; this house; we

1

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

1

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1