jpdb beta

most difficult; next to impossible

1

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

2

licentiousness

7

hermit; wizard; wizardry

7

use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

1

women and children; woman; grown woman; wife

1

under cover of night

1

to drag out

2

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

2

carrying a casket; carrying something (in a group) on one shoulder, as if it were a casket (considered an ill-omened way to carry something)

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

weight; heavyweight boxer

1

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

1

weakness; effeminacy; enervation

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

2

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

1

gasping; breathing heavily

1

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

1

maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl

2

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil

1

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

2

unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

season; time of the year

1

beginning of spring

1

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

1

occult; transcendental; supernaturalness; supernaturalism; supernaturality

1

(power of) resistance

2

ice and snow

1

fifth day of the month; five days

1

to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

4

forest; shrine grove

2

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

2

new moon; crescent moon

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

2

group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

1

burial mound

1

late at night; small hours of the morning

1

secret; private; surreptitious

3

brothel

1

woman entertainer; prostitute

2

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

fillet; tenderloin

1

to complain; to pester; to plead; to beg

1

fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake

1