jpdb beta

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

1

pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

1

village

4

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

1

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

2

speech and conduct; words and deeds

1

to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind

1

villager

1

to label (someone as)

2

(person treated as a) plaything

1

dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

1

forest

2

this or that person; anybody; many people

1

indiscriminately

1

lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere

1

deep and remote

1

eroticism

1

distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

1

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

1

metropolis; big city

1

to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile

1

in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

1

right in the center (centre)

1

modernistic

1

first cry of a newborn baby

1

mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

1

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

to pay attention (to)

1

to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

1

contraception

1

to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

1

to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

rent; tear; split

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

2

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

1

in this manner; in this way; like this

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

to answer a question

1

to request earnestly

1

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

2

whereabouts; place where one is; position; location

1

lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

booklet; pamphlet

10

distribution

1

essay

2