jpdb beta

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

6

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

7

then; if so; if

1

to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)

4

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

1

to be stiff; to be starchy

1

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

4

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

3

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

14

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

2

decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

2

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

2

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding

1

bra

1

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

3

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

3

unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

1

flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

waist; girth; measurement around waist

1

correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

3

hence; for that reason

4

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

3

oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

1

piece of stiff fabric worn under an obi to give more shape; batten plate; stay plate

1

small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

3

string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori; (arch.) childhood (period where one would wear such a string)

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

clothes; outfit; uniform

1

long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono

8

whereunder; thereunder

3

(Japanese-style) undershirt worn under nagajuban

5

underskirt (half-slip), worn under kimono

4

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

5

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

4

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

6

creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep

7

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

1

slowly and quietly; smoothly

1

to lean over; to lean in

2

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

4

to comb back

2

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

2

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

2

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

8

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

3

chilly; unpleasantly cold

2