jpdb beta

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

4

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

2

to polish up; to shine up

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)

1

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

6

carpet; rug (esp. felt)

1

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

1

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

without; but if; otherwise; or else

1

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

2

impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks

1

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

1

chronic

1

empty stomach; hunger

1

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

2

loud voice

4

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

1

climax; peak; zenith; apex

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

last day; final day

1

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

2

seeming sad

1

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

2

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

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

6

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

2

to invade

2

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

3

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

1

guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

1

moment; brief space of time

1

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

1

the last moment; the very end

2

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

periodic; regular; routine

1

stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench

1

root; source; origin; cause

1

everyone; anyone; no one

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

2

alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

6

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

1