jpdb beta

red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

1

prostitute

1

entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district

1

being in love with each other

1

of course; certainly; naturally

2

to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

1

to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

3

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

9

bare livelihood; subsistence

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

2

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

1

black market

5

ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)

1

dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

1

old clothes; secondhand clothing

1

metal fittings; metal fixtures

4

postwar

1

distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

1

merely for form's sake

1

tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

1

kaleidoscope

3

vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic

1

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

2

white makeup powder; (face) powder

1

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

2

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

3

gratuity; tip

1

wearing one's hair in braids

1

young girl; lass; adolescent female

1

religious mission; religious proclamation

1

Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre

13

show; display; pretensions; pose; posture

2

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

picture postcard

2

to copy (down); to transcribe

3

to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed

1

pen nibs

1

(feelings of) love

1

original text

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

2

passionate; ardent; enthusiastic

2

here and there; in places

1

error; mistake; slip; bug

1

so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union

1

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

2

nocturne

1

coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)

1

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

5