jpdb beta

the street; the town

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

3

to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

1

cushioning; packaging

1

fin-de-siècle; decadent

1

fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

to behead; to decapitate; to fire; to dismiss

1

permission; approval; authorization; license

2

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

4

also called

2

three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

21

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

3

Oda Nobutada (1557-1582.6.21)

1

male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

6

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

1

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

1

spawning

1

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

2

clever; bright; smart; intelligent

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

5

looks; features

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

2

beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man

1

to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

6

deeply emotive; moving

3

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

1

on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

2

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

1

to be rejuvenated; to feel young again

1

ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

1

well; in good health; safe; free from accident

1

traditional Japanese engagement ceremony involving ritual gift exchange between families; ceremonial engagement gifts

4

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

1

just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

1

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

3

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

1

tough measure; firm step; strong measure

1

space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

1

attendance; presence; appearance

1

that day; the very same day

1