jpdb beta

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

3

phantom; vision; illusion

10

roguish; impish

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

extremely; very

4

queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

1

fair; exhibition; exposition

1

enlightenment; instruction

1

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

guide; general survey; conspectus; comprehensive bibliography

1

young girl

1

dull-witted; stupid; foolish

1

drum

2

microscopic

1

square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface

1

with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

1

stone wall

1

short way; shortcut

2

to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

1

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.

2

greasepaint

1

costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)

1

geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts

1

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

1

insatiable; untiring; persistent

1

dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs

1

number of years

1

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

2

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

arrangement of stones in a garden

1

to turn to the right

1

teacup

1

belle; (town) beauty

1

tea house

1

to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

1

bench

1

shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.

1

ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy

1

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

3

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

wooden clappers

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

1

to perform; to play; to act

1

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

1

rack (torture device)

1

authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office

1

to go downhill; to go down a slope

1

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

1

nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

1

going up and down; ascent and descent

1