jpdb beta

business rival; professional jealousy

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

runny nose; (watery) nasal mucus

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

to grow old; to age

1

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

1

sneeze; spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death

2

department store; department

1

once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

2

personal accessories (ornaments, adornments)

3

coat; coating

1

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

1

comb

2

that's the way it is; such is life

1

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

4

liking; taste; choice

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

2

only; nothing but

1

hair (on the head)

5

cutting of hair (to a short length); haircutting; bobbed hair; bob

1

if; in case; supposing

2

Japanese clothes

1

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

2

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

1

how long; how much; to what extent

4

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

8

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

1

new building; annexe; annex

1

tropical fish

1

sand; grit

1

algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed

1

water plant; seaweed; algae

1

in the forest

1

ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll

1

advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion

1

agate

2

three minutes

3

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

amethyst

1

reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

2

various

1

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

2

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

1

diving; submerging; going underwater

1