jpdb beta

stealthy steps; soft steps

1

gatepost; pier

1

mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot

3

to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

7

to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...

2

country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

1

sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense

2

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

1

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

2

be; is

3

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

2

to eat; to drink

1

air of luxury; high class feel

1

another thing; exception; special case

1

trapped with no way of escape; (lit.) rat in a bag

1

friendly; amicable

2

tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed

1

landscape picture

1

sitting feel (of a seat); seating comfort

1

to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)

4

cold brew (coffee, tea, etc.); infusing in cold water

1

green tea; Japanese tea

1

following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

1

producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)

1

to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get

1

inattention; absent-mindedness

2

(one) scene (in a movie, etc.)

3

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

machine gun

1

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

2

official announcement

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

1

knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness

1

forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money

2

only daughter

4

melancholy; gloom; grief

1

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

1

to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

1

system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)

1

girls' school

3

mental illness; psychosis

1

sleeping tablet

1

spiritual power

1

necklace

1

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

insanity; an insane person

1

appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting

2

cult

2