jpdb beta

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

2

dress code

3

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

2

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

1

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

leader; authority; mainstay

4

to originate with; to start with; to stem from

2

pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

2

blood relative

4

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

2

made-to-order; custom-made

1

very careful; thoroughly prepared

3

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

3

tuxedo; dinner suit

10

representative; delegate

1

something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

2

workaround

1

attendant; member of an entourage or retinue or party

5

unnecessary; needless

2

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

6

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down

2

stand-up collar

1

figure; body shape; build; physique; form

3

fully prepared; all ready

4

long dress

2

hair ornaments

1

to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

6

the preceding visitor

2

to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish

1

femur (femora)

1

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

2

wandering

27

fine weather; fair weather

4

scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)

1

to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities

1

being invited

2

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

3

politics; government

2

present; gift

17

prejudice; bias; distorted view

2

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

bunch of flowers; bouquet

1

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

3

courtesy call; courtesy visit

2

unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style

1

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

4

almost every day; almost daily

2

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

7

bow tie

1