jpdb beta

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

2

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

7

complete change; about-face

5

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

3

compared to

6

nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

1

assistant instructor; substitute instructor

1

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

1

the moon is beautiful, isn't it?

3

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

1

avid reader; bookworm

6

sensual love; love affair

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

5

(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart

3

smile

31

I love you too; (lit.) I would (now) not mind dying

3

a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a

2

great writer; literary master; distinguished author

1

Japanese translation

2

generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

3

from the viewpoint of; according to

4

(not) one

2

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

3

dirty; unclean

2

to translate; to interpret

1

Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909) (pseudonym of Hasegawa Tatsunosuke)

1

eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

1

pen-name

2

posterity; future generations; future life

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

2

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up

1

boiling point

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver

1

human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings

2

distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)

2

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

1

refrain

1

to become dim; to become blurred

1

hi!; yo!

1

inner canthus; inner corner of the eye

2

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

6

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

2

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

to check; to stop; to keep back

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

4

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

2