jpdb beta

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

6

bourgeois

1

leisured

1

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

2

(Western) dressmaking

1

professor; teaching; instruction

1

joint management

2

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

3

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

2

mistress; kept woman; concubine

4

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

1

antiquity; ancient times

3

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

re-covering; repapering; reupholstering

1

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

2

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

12

you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice

1

all; everything

1

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

2

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

2

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

2

gold or gilt letters

1

door; gate; opening; title page

1

sphere; counter for balls

1

all-wave receiver

1

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

2

San Francisco

1

broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

2

music

1

string instrument; stringed instrument

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

ensemble; harmony (between performers); coordination; ensemble (of clothes); outfit

1

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

5

rhythmical; well-paced

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

23

uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

1

girl

1

my; one's own; personal; privately owned

1

bartender

1

foreign language

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

manner of using one's hands

1

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

1

to bring someone along

3