jpdb beta

paper bag

1

bandage; dressing

1

being overawed

1

circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false

1

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

2

bar graph; bar chart

1

year on year; on the previous year

1

volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk

1

Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz

1

frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval

1

out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

1

American comics

1

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

1

many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)

1

fax; facsimile; fax machine

1

second edition; additional printing

1

disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to

1

unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

1

label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)

2

strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

1

book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures

1

full-face (e.g. helmet)

4

contempt; derision; slight; disdain

1

disorderly; promiscuous

1

buzz

1

English conversation; school for English conversation

1

frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

1

mud; mad

1

(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)

1

sociality

1

komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

1

sense of unity; sense of oneness

1

large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period

1

out of stock; sold out

1

regularity

1

breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball

1

flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke

1

shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)

1

different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

1

comic books; comics; comic; comical

3

one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company

1

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

1

returned goods; returning purchased goods

1

to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least

1

day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date

1

mimetic muscles

1

new land; new world; new sphere of activity

1

not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

1