jpdb beta

confession

5

soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice

1

de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-

5

second class carriage

1

folding screen

6

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

1

clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

1

loud (of a voice)

1

Morioka (city in Iwate)

2

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

2

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

2

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

towel

1

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

3

moving about; stirring about

1

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

2

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

1

gushing out (e.g. sweat or blood); flowing profusely; thump-thump; bang-bang; sound of hoofbeats

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

2

escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

12

210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day

1

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

4

severity

1

public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

12

careless remark

1

human rights issue

2

cabinet meeting

3

second division; secondary division

1

blanket

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

2

daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

2

body; group; party; company; troupe

5

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

1

new constitution (esp. Japan's postwar constitution)

2

starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

1

to attract attention

1

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

1

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

4

being cleared of all the charge (brought against one); being found completely innocent

1

release; liberation; acquittal

3

in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train

1

just like

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

5

now; come (now); well

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2