jpdb beta

episode; anecdote; vignette; episode

1

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

3

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

3

crossing; intersection

1

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

truck; lorry

1

to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

3

funeral

6

regret; repentance; remorse

6

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

1

wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

2

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

1

to work diligently

1

job seeker magazine for manual labourers published by Recruit Inc. (1991-2009); physical work; physical workers; blue-collar workers

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

2

construction site

1

work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls

1

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

3

work; operation; task

2

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

1

with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

1

just now; at this moment; at this point of time

1

fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

1

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

1

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

1

to side with (someone); to support (someone)

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

6

inkstone

2

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

1

bam; whomp; thump

1

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

7

in succession; one by one

4

click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound

1

skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

1

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)

2

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

2

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

1

letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

1

tip of brush

2

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

1

tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

1