jpdb beta

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous

1

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

3

he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

1

to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)

4

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

5

young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower

2

sensual love; love affair

2

soon; shortly; before long

1

monthly publication; monthly issue

41

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality

11

magazine; journal

13

secret; private; surreptitious

2

to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by

2

to leave one's seat

1

to take someone's hand

3

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

1

indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

1

habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

oh!; oh?; my!

7

coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay

3

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

smoke; fumes

4

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

2

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

2

to escape

2

with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

9

aunt

1

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)

2

warming up sake; warmed sake

2

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

drinking alone; solitary drinking

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

4

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

1

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

1

company employee; office worker; white-collar worker

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

3

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

2

to build a house

3

in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for

4

palace; court

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

10

sofa; couch

9

sigh; long breath

2

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

2