jpdb beta

recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

1

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

alps

1

to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

2

party; company

1

to blow through; to blow across

1

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

7

cupboard; sideboard

2

silver thread

1

perfect; just right; ideal

1

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

3

lucky; fortunate

2

Versailles (France)

16

one by one; one after another; successively

2

master musician

2

light bulb

3

flute

1

evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

2

metro; subway; underground railway

24

group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)

2

coloured paper; colored paper

1

trunk of an elephant

1

be; is

1

kicking each other; cockfighting

1

noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

2

slight intoxication; being tipsy

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

1

to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

1

arch of triumph; triumphal arch

9

this area; around here

1

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

3

melody; tune

1

dance music

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

in the dark

2

outskirts (of a town); run-down district

5

surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

1

seam of joined boards; cross grain (of wood); thick card made from several sheets of washi paper

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

2

to close; to shut

1

who; what kind of person

2

lame; lameness; mismatched (e.g. odd shoes)

2

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

1

to be jumbled together

1

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

3

indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

1

going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

2

complete desperation

1