jpdb beta

to throw into; to toss into

1

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

6

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

10

exchange; conversion

1

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

9

to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

50

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

2

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

21

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

2

dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

2

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

1

performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)

1

start

1

to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

6

two rooms and a combination dining-kitchen

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

8

Western-style room

1

to begin; to set about; to start

2

bed

9

closet

3

door; gate; opening; title page

2

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

6

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

22

disused article

1

creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

2

what to do

4

trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

1

while; even though; despite

26

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

8

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

3

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

3

with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

8

to be relieved; to feel relieved

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

22

spacious; vast; wide

3

two thirds

1

(corrugated) cardboard

7

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

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indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

7

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

7

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

5

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

5

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

47

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

2

journal; magazine; periodical

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