jpdb beta

to squat; to crouch

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek

3

daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

2

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

household; home; family; housekeeping

2

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

1

(hotel) reception

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

4

year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

3

to return; to come back

3

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

6

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

to put someone to work; to make someone work

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

4

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

1

don't you think?; indicates question

3

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)

1

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

panorama; panoramic painting

1

every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

distinction between right and wrong

1

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

1

annotation; explanatory note; comment

3

most; extremely

2

Nijou

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

9

raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark

1

lamp

1

lamp; light

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

2

head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent

1

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

4

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

4

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

4

velvet

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

1

hindrance; impediment

1

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

2

human body

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

1