jpdb beta

the reverse; other side; lining

4

rose

11

to draw in; to attract

1

to force open; to push open

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

3

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

6

irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

4

Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure

1

small bag

2

(not) even for a moment

2

going crazy; losing one's temper; snapping; sound of a stretched string snapping

1

note; memo; memorandum

4

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

2

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

9

street; quarter; district; area

3

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

at that time; in those days

1

long ago; previous; of a former age

1

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

1

to be antique-looking

1

rare; seldom

1

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

3

main street

7

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

4

to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)

3

to detest; to dislike

1

jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

1

ankle

3

order; request

2

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

8

record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)

1

crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

dark; blackish

1

leather cover; leather binding

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

2

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

2

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

16

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

7

moisture; humidity; dampness

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.)

7

even though things may appear this way

1