jpdb beta

state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

1

lying face down; upside down; prone

1

to serve; to do

3

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

4

to spread; to be propagated

1

to happen to pass by

1

occupant of a house; family member; household member (incl. servant)

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

2

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

2

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

2

to become dim; to become blurred

1

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

2

to quicken one's pace (steps)

1

fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)

4

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

2

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

3

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

2

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

1

street at night; making a night journey

4

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

1

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

1

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

2

tonight; this evening

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment

1

dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

3

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

3

approximate age; age range

4

noble birth

1

-like

1

important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station

1

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

1

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

2

challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity

2

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

1

conviction; belief; confidence

4

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

10

ten years; decade

4

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

1

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

to take by surprise

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

4

to pick a fight

2

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

1

to keep to oneself (secret, etc.)

1

intention; aim; design

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

4

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

1