jpdb beta

cooked rice; meal

1

masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner

1

way; method; means; resource; course

2

transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

6

plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)

2

range of vision; field of vision

2

camera obscura; black box

2

earlobe

4

microphone

1

(photographic) print

1

indoor; inside the room

13

mystery; strange event; mysterious affair

1

East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

2

darkness

24

satin

1

velvet

1

dark night

2

pitch black

18

upper left

1

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

1

irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly

2

(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

1

phosphorescence

4

corner; nook

6

under the staircase; understairs

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

1

voyeur; Peeping Tom

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

knife

1

character style; character form

2

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

4

lower half

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

4

to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk

1

third class

1

convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure

1

the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual

3

uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom

3

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

slatted shutter; louver door (window)

1

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

3

filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust

3

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

1

secret; mystery

2

trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

9

pair

4

both eyes; binocular

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)

3

patient; persevering

1