jpdb beta

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

1

to send or direct a person to

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

4

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

1

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

windward; upwind

1

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

1

roar; howl; yell; bellow

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

1

to tear; to rip

1

perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats

1

feel sick; feel unwell

1

towel

1

to wipe; to dry

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

6

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

1

Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)

1

light and darkness; light and shade

1

heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

5

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

1

Souseki

1

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

2

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes

3

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

4

before now; hitherto

1

several times; once or twice

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

3

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

1

to end in vain; to be wasted effort

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

totteringly; trudgingly

1

father

14

campus strife

1

right in the midst of; right at the height of

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

1

name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

1

one's own child; one's own children

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

2

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

1

ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant

1

to freeze

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hesitation; indecision

1