jpdb beta

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

fast pace; quick pace

2

private house

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

1

may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

4

to explain the situation

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!

1

long journey; long trip

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue

2

lady; nobleman's wife

1

to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome

1

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

1

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

way; method; means; resource; course

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

1

hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight

1

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

1

different room; another room; separate rooms

1

soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

1

to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful

1

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

11

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

6

arista; awn; (grain) beard

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

2

I; as for me

1

straining one's ears

1

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

1

will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

1

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

1

to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled

1

to shave

1

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh

2

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

1

eyeball

1

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

1

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

1

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

2