jpdb beta

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

3

to force back; to jostle

8

help; aid; assistance

3

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

3

maid; helper; help; assistance

5

nearby place

3

street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)

1

a hard time; pains

5

to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

4

crowd of people

18

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

to pinch; to nip

2

moment; instant

1

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

2

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

13

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

1

it seems so; that's what it looks like

3

(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

2

in great numbers

1

leading; guiding; commanding

2

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

42

to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

2

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

12

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

3

is something that; is that which

8

Jesus (Christ)

1

festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3

1

Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival

2

event venue; event site

1

quickly; calmly; intently

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

3

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

2

to run down (stairs, etc.)

2

the wife; the missus

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

2

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

2

shoes

11

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

1

short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized

1

together with; same; both; all; including ...

2

spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty

1

attachment (esp. to things); love; affection

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

2

association of like-minded people

1

whenever (each time) one sees (it)

1

bright; cheerful

2

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

3

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

1