jpdb beta

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

6

apprentice; shop boy

4

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

7

from the beginning

5

this side; in the forefront

1

extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

2

consequence; result; conclusion

3

to make up one's mind

1

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

3

triangle; triangular shape

1

Russia

2

thin (blade)

17

plank; thick board; plate glass; heavy metal sheet (esp. welding); heavy brocaded obi

1

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

2

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

3

great lie; falsehood

1

warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

1

anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

1

eating; bite (in fishing)

1

stomach ache; abdominal pain

3

going price; general custom

1

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

cause of death

2

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

2

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

human bones

2

to blacken; to darken

1

grayish white; greyish white

1

to show signs of; to appear

3

speck; fleck

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

3

twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days

1

way of speaking; intimation

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

2

to be able to see

1

level; ordinary

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

vomiting of blood

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

2

purple spot

2

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

5

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

3

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

3

to declare; to plead

1

last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

1

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

3

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1