jpdb beta

travel; trip; journey

1

interviewee; subject of an interview

1

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

1

direct hit

1

manner; style

1

to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...

7

everybody

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

3

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

2

to run about; to rush about

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

1

to become hoarse

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

river surface; surface of a river

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

bottom; sole

3

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

3

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

1

visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings

1

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)

1

fist

1

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

1

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

smoke; fumes

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

ringing; sound

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

1

high-pitched; shrill

1

rice field

1

ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

1

short; brief

1

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

1

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

1

banknote; bill; note; paper money

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out

1

shock; impact; crash

1