jpdb beta

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

6

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

12

to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

1

to jump up to one's feet

2

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

4

with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly

2

one side

1

interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

7

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

11

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

2

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

5

it seems that; as if

6

galloping around on a horse; running around; making every effort (to do); exerting oneself

1

surely; certainly

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or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

3

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

4

to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

2

thank you

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

20

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

9

as promised

2

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

5

all; entire; whole; altogether

14

very; extremely; that is

15

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

3

you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of

156

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

11

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

2

eye contact

1

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

17

once again; yet again; (there you go) again

1

working without pay; free service; work for nothing

1

living expenses

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

2

cooked rice; food; meal

1

losing one's means of livelihood; suspension of a samurai's annual rice stipend; fish swimming upwards after biting a fishhook

1

part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer

3

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

4

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

1

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

1

to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open

1

having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

6

woman; female; feminine gender

3

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

1

to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

4

without

2

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

don't you think?; indicates question

11