jpdb beta

stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber

3

to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)

1

once upon a time; a long time ago

1

(indoor) heating

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

4

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

2

massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person

1

arriving in the capital

1

even if nothing else; more than anything else

3

next move

2

being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless

2

public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

3

shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.

1

often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

1

yurt

1

usurpation

5

independent action; acting alone

2

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

3

to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

4

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

1

to cleanse oneself

3

to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

2

palace

3

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

1

dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance

6

Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)

1

cask wrapped in straw matting; beggar

9

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

1

red-light district

1

opium den

1

to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell

2

falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency

1

to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for

9

debt; liabilities

2

(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

1

(just) one's imagination

5

here and there; in places

3

every street corner; every crossing

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

21

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

3

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

3

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

way (of doing); manner; method

2

to cancel; to call off

2

trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner

4

making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

2

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

2

magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

1

crossroads; crossing; intersection; street

4

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

1