jpdb beta

shirring

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

1

scissors (esp. surgical scissors)

1

Inukai

1

ankle-length (clothes); maxi (skirt, dress, etc.); floor-length (clothes); maxim

5

our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you

1

yakuza coat of arms

1

welcome (in shops, etc.)

1

summer fields

10

general trading company

1

the literary world; literary circles

1

temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency

1

counter for bundles

1

tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish

1

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

2

rainbow

1

Japanese person

1

pectoralis major muscle

1

short story; novella

1

(arch.) way; (arch.) road; way to ...; road to ...

1

approval; endorsement

1

revolving lantern

1

literary world; literary circles

1

mongrel; cur; mutt

1

inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan

1

autumn moon; harvest moon

2

to begin to dance; to break into a dance

1

what on Earth is this?

1

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

1

Afro

1

doppelgänger; doppelganger

1

carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

1

stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs

1

objection!; question!

2

Akiyama

8

woman who deceives men

1

bestseller

5

creation of the world

1

difficult to speak about

1

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

11

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

to finish; to end; to close

1

buying; purchasing

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

1

not just once; more than once; many times; again and again

1

collision; clashing

1

home delivery

1

millstone; mortar

1

doggie; pooch; bow-wow

1