jpdb beta

suited figure; person in a suit

1

well-mannered; courteous

1

My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

1

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

1

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

1

on hand; readily available

1

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

8

having not the slightest idea

1

state of mind; mentality; psychology

1

creative

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

(yet) again

2

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

curt; blunt; brusque

1

coordinate; coordinates

1

proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation

2

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

rhyming game; play on words; pun

4

(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)

1

to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

1

unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)

1

two colours; two varieties; two types

2

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

cloud

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

1

languid; listless

3

to be forward; to be impertinent

1

lecture

1

a throw; a fall

2

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

4

from the beginning; from scratch

1

Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

3

Tokushima (city, prefecture)

1

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

2

high; high school

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

Kansai dialect

1

Wakayama (city, prefecture)

3

footnote

1

foreign language

1

dialect; provincialism

3

Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

2

Kii Channel

2

road; highway

2

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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