jpdb beta

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

3

reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees

1

tomorrow morning

1

old tree of historical interest; excellent wood; precious woods; choice wood

5

market; fair

1

auctioning; selling at an auction

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

1

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

4

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

charming; fascinating; voluptuous

1

grain (of wood)

1

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

1

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

2

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

price; value; cost

1

competing; competition; auction

1

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

4

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

to sell at a high price

2

head; cranium; cephalic

1

bullet; shot; shell

1

to seize; to grab; to collar

1

wings; pinion

1

tonight; this evening

1

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

1

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

1

to escape

2

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

4

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)

10

timing

2

to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

1

brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

2

splashing; sloshing

1

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

1

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

4

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

8

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

8

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

plop; splash

1

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

2

to scoop; to ladle out

6