jpdb beta

step; stair; staircase

3

vexing; irritating; impatient

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

1

wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)

1

creak; squeak; creaking sound

1

big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

1

poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly

1

to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

1

stain; blot; flaw; disgrace

1

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

1

contrast; antithesis; comparison

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

1

low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)

1

strait; channel

1

tin plate

2

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

kettle

2

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

3

trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

dust; one ten-billionth

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old magazines

1

dark; blackish

1

cupboard or chest for tea implements

2

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

2

can; tin; canned food

2

rosewood; red sandalwood

1

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

2

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

1

tin (Sn)

1

teacup saucer

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

yellow; saffron (color, colour)

2

tea-towel; dish cloth

1

lacquering; lacquer ware

1

clothes rack

2

disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance

1

destitution

1

living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

1

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

1

bamboo basket

1

charcoal; charred remains

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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