jpdb beta

existence; being

7

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

5

anyhow; in any case

8

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

case; situation

1

promptly; quickly

1

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

1

evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance

1

Pandora

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

like; as if; the same as

3

erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty

2

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

5

lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

1

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

1

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

4

impatience

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

3

to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated

2

balance

2

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

2

with a thud

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

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

10

to collapse into; to flop onto

2

while; even though; despite

16

to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

2

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

place; situation; position; location

3

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

2

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

2

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

9

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

1

blanket

1

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

4

posture; stance

3

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

1

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

1

white

5

(right at the) side; just beside

1

almost; roughly; approximately

3

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

2

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1