jpdb beta

to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

1

too much; excessive; too

4

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

2

state of progress

1

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

5

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

6

should do; ought to do

4

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

3

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

7

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

10

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

8

castle

9

member; the membership

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

Japan

1

trap

7

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

1

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

20

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

29

wheat bran

5

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

indoor; inside the room

1

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

3

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

5

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

6

shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women

1

until now; so far; up to the present

5

empirical; from experience

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

1

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

elasticity; flexibility

1

gum; rubber; eraser; condom

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

11

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

2

with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly

1

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

1

kneading (cat)

1

fetish; passion; enthusiasm

1