jpdb beta

papier-mâché; something that looks good superficially; sham

2

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty

1

straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof

1

single-storied house; single-storied building

1

shape; form

1

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

clattering; rattling

1

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

11

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

father; dad; papa

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

2

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

Blowin' in the wind

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

1

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

1

perspective

1

slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

apologetic

1

rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect

1

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

1

permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

1

really; very; extremely; terribly; awfully

1

public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

8

tightrope

1

to catch a cold

3

approximately the same

2

originally

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

1

economy (saving money)

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)

1

dressed in a kimono

4

white-naped crane (Grus vipio)

4

to wave back

1

younger sister

40

to meet; to greet

1

welcome home

1

companion; company

1

people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)

1