jpdb beta

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

1

what on Earth is this?

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

2

memory; sense; experience

1

mother; mom; mum; wife

11

it seems that; as if

5

in high spirits

1

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

to be sooty; to be stained

1

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

3

central

3

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

11

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

back street; back alley; off-street

1

short way; shortcut

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

2

a bit more; a bit longer

9

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

3

awfully; terribly

1

building

3

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

4

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

2

wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

1

woodchip

1

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

1

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

3

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

sawdust

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

6

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

to point at

1

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

n-storied building

1

Colosseum; Coliseum

1

large tree; big tree; huge tree

2

motif

1

notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

6

stairs; stairway; staircase

1

to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

2

canopy

1

to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

1