jpdb beta

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

3

younger sister

3

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

2

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

3

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

3

facing upward

1

headphone; headphones

2

comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

1

ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

2

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

1

telephone call; telephone (device)

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

2

to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

1

extension phone (and its main line)

1

(telephone) receiver

3

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

2

I see; that's right; indeed

4

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

3

as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough

1

hey!; hey!

3

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

7

music

2

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

2

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

3

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

2

tricking someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

1

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

proud; elated

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

1

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

2

confession

2

with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

2

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

3

Jain; Jane; Jayne

2

Yolen

2

Kitahara Hakushuu (1885-1942)

2

poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems

3

Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera); mukutree

2

Hatojuu

2

children's story; fairy tale

1

collection; compilation

1

Komatsu Sakyō (1931.10-)

2

collection of short stories; collected short stories

1