jpdb beta

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

5

to wrap up

4

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

2

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

3

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

2

to teach tricks to

1

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

13

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

4

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

2

eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

3

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

2

to win; to gain victory

24

surroundings; environs; circumference

2

to leave behind

1

small; little; tiny

8

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

7

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

21

wild ginger trefoil coat of arms of the Tokugawa clan

1

inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case

4

two; 2

1

here; with this

2

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

conversation

4

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

indoor; inside the room

3

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

3

Japanese-style room

1

to meet face-to-face; to discuss unreservedly

1

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

4

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

2

guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)

2

they; them

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

3

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

9

complication; confusion; disorder

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

17

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

9