jpdb beta

tax collector

1

a new house; a branch family

1

urge; demand; importunity

1

post office

1

six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

1

illustration (e.g. book); picture

1

illustrator

1

indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand

1

smoking

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

1

overwork; strain

3

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

4

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

3

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

1

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

3

birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

1

distillation

2

west wind

1

cold; chilly; unconcerned; indifferent

3

air temperature

1

baseless; groundless

1

literally; to the letter; literal

1

to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

1

highland

3

trout; sea trout

1

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

2

stream; brook; creek

2

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

2

to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

1

yearning; longing for; deep affection

1

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

2

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

descendant; posterity; offspring

3

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

2

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

1

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

2

to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded

1

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

4

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

2

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

5

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

2

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

3