jpdb beta

excuse; explanation

1

bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

2

small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall

3

reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy

1

tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

1

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

4

to close tight

2

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

6

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

3

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

2

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

1

folding screen

2

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

1

moonlight; moonbeam

2

dimly white

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

5

to turn one's face away

1

to be boiled; to be cooked

3

oh; ah; I'll be darned

5

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

10

to make merry; to be festive

1

night crow

1

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

2

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

6

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

3

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

4

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

9

annoying; provoking

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

1

quiet; peaceful; tranquil

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

9

artificial hill (in a garden)

3

dusky; dim; shady

1

dark under the trees; obscurity of a forest

1

to choose; to select

2

talking while standing; standing around talking

2

counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

3

inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room

8

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

2

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

2

one room

2

one block; enclosure

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

1

morning and evening

1

protracted war; war of attrition

2

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

5