jpdb beta

slack; looseness; play

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

to knock down; to topple

1

evening; dusk; twilight

4

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

2

escape; evasion; flight

1

solitude; loneliness; isolation

1

desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

2

to stop talking; to be silent

1

pain; agony; bitterness

2

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

6

phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

4

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

pocket

4

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

7

feel; touch

1

two copies

1

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

gently; quietly; calmly

1

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

1

in fact

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

1

tenacity; endurance

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

seal; sticker

2

pale pink; peach-colored

1

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

1

ribbon

47

sky-blue

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

8

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

2

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

content of a letter

2

clear writing; specification

1

direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

2

himself; he himself

3

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

4

to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

1

matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event

1

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

1

peril; danger; hazard; distress

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

2