jpdb beta

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

2

anguish

3

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

trust; confidence; credence

1

swindling

1

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

4

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

1

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival

1

because of; owing to; due to

2

to breathe while sleeping

1

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

3

daughter

1

to possess; to haunt

13

whole family; all one's family

1

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

1

strange voice

2

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

4

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

2

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

4

to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

1

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

2

languidly; loosely

4

both hands; both arms; ten

4

to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

1

the five senses

3

naked eye; the physical eye

1

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

2

to draw in; to attract

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

3

to grimace; to frown

3

to tremble; to shiver; to shake

2

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

6

to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

2

anguish; (great) pain

1

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

2

warmth

1

body

2

exorcism rite; purification

1

to leave this world; to die

1

surface of the earth; ground surface

1

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

3

in many cases

1