jpdb beta

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

1

to dance; to perform dance steps

1

within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)

2

erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel

3

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

continuation; sequel

4

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

2

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

1

(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit

2

to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

2

beloved; dearest

1

outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something

1

busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters

1

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

2

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

well

2

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

2

Ekaterina

12

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

1

smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed

1

handrail; railing; banister

1

inflammatory; lascivious; sensational

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

5

caressing; loving dearly

1

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

2

ridiculous; absurd

1

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

1

bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

1

zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

2

only daughter

1

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

3

main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)

3

hostess; barmaid

1

to be enthralled by; to be disguised as

1

regret; repentance

1

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

1

anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation

1

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

1

to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground

1

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

2

last days; the end; one's fate

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

2

utility value

1

(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

grumbling; muttering; nonsense

1

to shed tears

1

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

2