jpdb beta

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

2

clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

6

making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition

5

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

20

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

5

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

3

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

6

had better ...; had better not ...

2

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

2

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

2

that's the way it is; such is life

8

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

2

secondary residence; vacation home; villa

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

4

felt; woollen cloth

4

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

14

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

3

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

3

be; is

9

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

5

furthermore; even more

1

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

2

capitalist; financier

1

right; privilege

1

to hand over; to turn over; to cede

1

Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

2

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

2

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

1

flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

1

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

2

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

3

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

15

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

9

free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

4

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

4

cupboard or chest for tea implements

2

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

6

lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

1

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

3

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

11

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

3

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

1

ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

1

cell; serge; cel (celluloid)

2