jpdb beta

tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed

3

to pile up; to accumulate

1

rosewood; red sandalwood

1

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

2

thin; slender; slim; skinny

1

elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny

1

emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)

1

illumination; decorative lighting

4

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

3

thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent

1

type of artificial flower which "blossoms" when placed in water

3

naphthalene

1

suspenders; braces

1

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

eggbeater; whisk

1

Kropotkin

1

The Doll's House (play by Ibsen)

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

3

thick makeup; heavy makeup

1

sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce

3

self-satisfaction; rejoicing

1

mass (of people); large crowd

1

crowd; throng

2

enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad; troubadour

3

thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

3

mature woman; middle-aged woman

1

tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded

2

square; rectangular

2

Murou Saisei (1889.8.1-1962.3.26)

1

drying at night (e.g. of clothes)

2

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

1

Tamanoi

7

salty-sweet

1

strips of dried gourd

2

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

4

water current

1

shore; bank (of a body of water)

1

bracken

1

rift between clouds

1

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

agony; anguish

3

groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

4

to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

1

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

1

affection; love

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble

2

selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls

2

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

2