jpdb beta

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

2

dresser; dressing table; vanity table

3

newcomer; tyro

1

evening

4

dining

1

four-legged tray for festive food

1

in and about a kitchen; family circumstances

5

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

5

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

3

to rebuke; to scold harshly

7

left shoulder

2

to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

3

bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot

6

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

2

light pink; light crimson

2

remote island; distant island; banishment to a remote island (Edo-period punishment)

8

art of self-defense (defence)

1

judo

1

hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death

1

blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)

1

pain; ache; -algia

3

whole face; all over one's face

5

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

3

bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

11

babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying

1

late; slowly

2

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

3

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

2

to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

6

the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

1

to make an appearance

4

romance; love's pathway

3

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

3

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

3

with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily

1

dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up

2

losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love

1

garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate

3

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

12

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

4

near relative

1

fault-finding; carping

2

head servant

1

to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban

3

to twist

1