jpdb beta

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

2

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

2

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

8

colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

3

to get slightly dirty (all over)

3

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

1

skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery

3

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

2

will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words

3

huoshu; fantastical Chinese fire rat

9

Cinderella

1

first meeting; first interview with

2

woman; girl

11

ankle

8

to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

9

such

1

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

5

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

3

having one misfortune after another; insult to injury

1

to steam (food)

1

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

2

thump; clang; clank

1

noise; sound

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

20

engineer; technical officer

2

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

4

food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

7

thickly (filled with smoke or steam)

4

one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

1

fillet; tenderloin

3

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

4

to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.); to be discriminating; to become rich

1

beam; joist

1

blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

4

lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

2

handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

1

restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback

1

one ken (approx. 1.8 m)

1

getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)

9

sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun

1

filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)

2

putting off; postponing

2

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

38

fin (e.g. of a fish)

2

internal organs; viscera

1

backbone (of a fish)

1

tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

5

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

17

along; parallel to; in accordance with

7