jpdb beta

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

1

novel; (short) story

2

Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848)

1

cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

1

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

2

reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

4

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

1

androgynous; hermaphroditic

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

2

spider

7

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

1

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

1

to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

1

fiance; fiancee

1

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

2

to be gossiped about

1

illustration (e.g. book); picture

3

apparently; appears to be

3

good-looking; fair; beautiful

1

torture device; instrument of torture

1

testicles; testes; balls

1

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

1

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

to take on a role; to take part

1

it seems that; as if

2

hunting; shooting; game; quarry

2

(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

2

(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

1

dead flesh; carrion

2

searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

2

spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted

1

baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron

1

no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

1

fishing; collecting shells; fisherman

1

staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk

1

bedroom

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

inquisitiveness

2

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

1

the whole town

1

laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger

2

to sweep clean; to brush clean

3

proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

1

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

1

second floor; upstairs

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

1