jpdb beta

to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

1

subordinate person

8

walking briskly; determinedly

2

by means of; due to; because of; according to

8

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

1

womanly; ladylike; feminine

1

to pretend; to feign

5

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

4

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

2

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

3

in addition; besides

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

2

see you then; bye; ciao

2

farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long

1

rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

4

to push down; to knock down

2

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

2

fountain pen

2

(electric) torch; flashlight

24

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

fumbling; groping

3

one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

2

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

5

to have a reason; to have an excuse

3

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

to rest; to suspend; to give relief

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

2

long; drawn-out; very long

1

to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side

1

good feeling

2

they; those guys

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

3

plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap

4

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

1

indicates emphasis

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

2

tiredness; fatigue

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

2

fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

3

practice; practising; experience

2

how long; how far; how much

1

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

eight o'clock

3

evening; last night; yesterday evening

5

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3