jpdb beta

fluff (clump of fabric fibres); lint; ball of dust; dustball

2

eardrum; tympanic membrane

1

shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

2

to break a dam; to burst out

1

flood; flooding

1

to cry and shout; to scream

1

bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring

2

to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow

10

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

1

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

5

to kneel (in respect); to genuflect

1

to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)

1

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

3

piece of cloth

1

bits of cotton

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

2

to be filled to bursting; to burst

1

to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

1

eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball

1

educational; instructive

1

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

1

mother

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

17

greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

1

rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect

1

snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...

1

wrist

4

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

3

to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure

3

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

2

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

9

deep black

1

picture book

6

innocence; being not guilty

3

or

1

guilt; culpability

9

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound

1

twig; spray

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.)

3

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

1

skin

1

above and below

1

powder snow; powdery snow

1

viscosity

1

coal tar

1