jpdb beta

patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice

2

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

5

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

12

second floor; upstairs

6

five o'clock

3

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

2

dispersing; breaking up; running away

1

to leave one's seat

1

silence; stillness; quietness

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

to enjoy (oneself)

1

production (e.g. play); direction

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

2

to age; to become old

1

defense; defence; protection

7

exploitation; overuse; abuse

1

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

2

technical research institute

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

4

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

drill

1

training; drill; practice; discipline

3

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

bed

4

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

6

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

life in a dormitory; dormitory life

1

exemption; exoneration; discharge

1

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

1

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

4

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

6

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

1

self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

2

waitress

2

appointment

2

door; gate; opening; title page

12

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

which; what (way)

2

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

1

right side; right-hand side

1

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

10

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

3

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

4