jpdb beta

pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise

3

to go out and away; to leave

30

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

11

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

11

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

Akita (city, prefecture)

3

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

13

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

12

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

3

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

6

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

3

bedside; near one's pillow

7

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

16

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

4

packing; wrapping

1

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

2

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

5

to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...

9

rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers

2

leaf apex; tip of the leaf

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

3

running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

1

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

3

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

2

to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving

7

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

4

the West; the Occident; Western countries

2

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

4

to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

10

surely; certainly

2

love

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

25

one's way; one's route

1

way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout

11

way of speaking; intimation

9

almost; roughly; approximately

2

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

3

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

1

adult; grown-up

6

unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

4

book; volume

4

to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

6

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

behaving (posing) as if they were a married couple

1

on time

1

to be needed; to be wanted

12

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

5