jpdb beta

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

3

plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish

1

tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief

1

hand-mirror

2

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

4

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

2

gently (falling)

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

2

pattern resembling that of arrow feathers

1

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

2

layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another

1

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

2

slovenly

2

calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist

2

to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange

1

straggling hair

1

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

3

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

3

stillness; repose; standing still

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

eau de Cologne

2

to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

1

stealthy; secret

1

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

3

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

approx. 30 cm

1

to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

2

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

2

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

break; pause; interruption; intermission

1

drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove

1

west side; west bank

1

frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)

1

(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly

1

separate building; outbuilding; outhouse

6

Western-style room

6

to be faintly visible; to be barely visible

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

1

to project; to stick out; to stand out

1

(room) heater; stove

2

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

2

rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

1

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

1

moonlight

1

cuff; armhole

1

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

to dance in ecstasy

1

heart; guts; nerve; central part

3