jpdb beta

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

3

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

2

lamentation

16

demise

11

sadness and gloom

2

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

2

motive power; driving force

4

affection; love; fondness; tenderness

3

to grow up; to become an adult

1

(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed

2

with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

3

fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures

1

dressed in a kimono

6

floral pattern

1

gold leaf; beaten gold

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

4

great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose

2

my husband; one's family; family member

1

Ooyashiki

1

pond

2

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

1

free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)

2

kudzu root

1

container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

1

locational advantage; advantageous position

3

showing no sign (of)

2

annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building

13

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

11

advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving

2

entirely; (not) at all

3

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

4

seeming very ...

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

2

bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor

1

attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

2

to have the privilege of doing

1

swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

2

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

9

bedding; bedclothes

34

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

2

bedside; near one's pillow

2

romantic; spicy; coquettish

1

purity; innocence

7

very

9

undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet

1

to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue

1

to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup

1

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

4

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

2