jpdb beta

moaning; groaning

1

tomorrow; near future

3

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

3

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

funnel

1

vision

1

to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

1

Dante

4

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

6

round; tranquil; contentedly at ease

2

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration

2

to fall ill; to be taken ill

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

fever; febrile disease

1

serious illness

1

to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity

1

romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance

1

to attract attention

2

Renaissance

1

Verlaine

1

Charles Baudelaire

1

variorum

1

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

1

to escape

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

1

reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

1

handful

1

straw

1

to cling

1

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

1

Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)

1

literary world; literary circles

36

various families; various schools of thought

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products

3

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

3

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

1

project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

2

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

2