jpdb beta

right beside; close to; nearby

1

alternately; by turns

3

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

2

to be smashed up

2

to speak; to say; to vocalize

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

2

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

1

bedroom

1

treasure house; storage for valuable property

1

cape (on coast)

1

five o'clock

3

one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

1

to become dim; to become blurred

1

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

1

room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

1

insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain

1

dependence; reliance

1

skeleton

1

firm; strong; solid; stable

1

to return; to come back

2

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

an issue being settled; a case being closed

1

early; quickly; promptly

1

messenger; envoy; emissary

1

to grimace; to frown

1

Alfons

4

entreaty; imploring; begging; spoken portion of a song; oral recitation

1

body pillow; hug pillow

3

every evening; every night

2

snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

hustle; working hard; doing with enthusiasm; showing eagerness; being full of vigour

1

to overdo; to do too much

1

rage; fury

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

3

cough; ahem

1

to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

1

private room

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

7

doll; puppet; figure

19

caller; visitor; company; guest

3

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

1

button (clothing); push-button

1

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

3

nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

4