jpdb beta

the earliest

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

3

state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; (lit.) half-killing a snake

2

family crest

1

bank; embankment; dike

1

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

1

electric light

5

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

3

375 grams (100 monme)

1

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

1

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

2

gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin

3

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

1

new style

1

if it is the case that ...

7

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

2

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

1

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

1

lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

1

long and narrow

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

1

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

2

door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity

1

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

1

step; stair; staircase

2

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

1

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

1

wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)

1

to look old; to get old

1

black lustre; black luster

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

3

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

2

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

4

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

armrest

1

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

1

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

2

switch

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

1

slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)

15

main temple building; nave

1

round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais

1