jpdb beta

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

1

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

2

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

1

autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky

2

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

ticklish; embarrassing

1

quarrel among friends; quarrel among ourselves (themselves)

1

arbitration; intercession; mediation

1

drenched in sweat

1

gasping

1

scoundrel; rake

1

making one's way in the world; (making a) living; (earning a) livelihood; business; trade; occupation

1

to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

1

unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim

1

shoe mark; shoe print

2

play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank

1

worldly woman

1

amateur theatricals; amateur dramatic performance

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

5

to abide one's shame

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

both fists

1

joy

2

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

1

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

2

horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

2

to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)

1

to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing

2

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours

1

something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary

1

private house

1

to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road

2

artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up

1

hey; listen; look here; I say

1

rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)

1

to mix; to blend; to combine

1

leftovers (esp. food); remnants

1

to drive (something) into; to strike into; to throw into; to toss into; to mix; to wear (a sword)

1

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

noodles; (arch.) flour

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

1

to slurp noisily

2

part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

2

to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

2

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather

1

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

1

heat of the day; hottest part of the day

2