jpdb beta

along the wall

1

surroundings; circumference

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

6

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

1

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

2

lantern; lanthanum (La)

25

edge of a street

5

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

1

tourist

2

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

3

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

2

remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

4

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

2

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

13

sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)

6

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

7

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

to bend; to warp; to curve

2

mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound

1

realistic; true to life

1

roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

2

you; hubby; dearie

11

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

2

soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

4

crowd; throng

4

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

10

agate

1

this (very thing); this precisely

2

hidden treasure; treasured article

1

adventurer

1

to talk together

4

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

6

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

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

12

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

3

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

1

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

the coming days

1

opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

7

to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge

1

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

3

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

3

custom

5

downtown

3

to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for

8