jpdb beta

to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

cough; ahem

5

stage directions

1

long time; many years

3

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

2

company; corporation; workplace

2

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

1

(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people

1

disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity

1

depth; length

1

modern style; modernness

1

shut up!

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

(power of) imagination

4

underwater

8

seawater; saltwater

3

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

2

sea or river bottom

3

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

2

diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

1

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

4

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

2

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

4

to crawl towards; to creep up to

2

husband

1

Dragon King; promoted rook

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

young person; youth; young

2

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

this occasion; at this time; now

4

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

16

lacquering; lacquer ware

1

one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway

1

flipping (e.g. a page); peeling off; fluently

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

3

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

clear; pure; noble

1

soma

1

hint

12

theory

2

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

12

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

3

hesitation; indecision

1

clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled

5

vermilion; scarlet

4

cover; lid; cap

12

back of the hand

6