jpdb beta

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

2

feelings; thoughts; meaning

1

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

3

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

4

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

17

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

5

two ken (approx. 3.6m)

2

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

2

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

3

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

evidence; proof

2

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity

1

devoted husband

1

class; heading; group; category

3

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

1

unmarried person; bachelor; spinster

1

the same grade; same class

1

wealthy individual; person of wealth

1

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

1

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

1

pride; boast

3

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

(not so) much; (not) very

2

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

2

special kind

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

1

near; close by; within reach; familiar

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

2

snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

1

to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

2

compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane

1

being in; being at home

1

sitting opposite each other

3

at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth

1

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

1

restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting

3

in succession; one after another

1

nihilist

1

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

1

until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since

2

geometrical

2

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

2

subject; theme

2