jpdb beta

human-like; quite human

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender

1

bean sprouts

1

skin and bones

1

fruit knife; paring knife

2

a trickle of tears

1

why; how

1

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

1

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

religious painting; religious picture

2

one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

5

famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic

2

nihility; nothingness

1

sashimi; make-up

1

to have steady nerves; to gain courage; to become brave; to become confident

1

much-talked-about; recently popular; in vogue

1

unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

1

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye

1

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred

1

poet

101

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

1

to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

2

speech; expression; wording; language

1

Edoardo

3

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

1

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

white porcelain

1

limpid water

1

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

1

guilt; culpability

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

1

expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

1

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

1

subject; theme

23

based on; built on; made from

1

that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles

1

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

1

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

1

master painter; great artist; painter; artist

86

work of art; artwork

2

all; everything

1

(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship

1

proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease

2

clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes

1

multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes

1