jpdb beta

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

5

to take off one's clothes; to undress

2

success; prosperity; boom

4

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

2

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

position

11

being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

5

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

6

to build up a hypothesis

5

to gain in skill; to improve; to get better

1

to throb; to beat fast

4

young man who has a feminine aesthetic

1

drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps

1

(fine) art; the arts

14

to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

3

approval; endorsement

5

multilingual

1

consultation office; information center; bureau; agency

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

97

non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy

10

guard; security (officer); guardsman

5

high power; high-powered

1

surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

2

being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation

12

to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

1

catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift

2

to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

4

(the condition of) one's health

2

malnutrition

1

has reached its limit; has reached its peak

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

10

plump; rather overweight

1

branch manager; manager of a branch office

1

last year

2

the reverse; other side; lining

13

pulley; block; tackle

2

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

2

one mat

1

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

5

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

4

store; shop; restaurant

1

sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

2

fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden

5

apology; excuse

1

old cloth; rag

7

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

3

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

3