jpdb beta

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

1

to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

3

cheek (of face)

4

increase

2

something like ...; something called ...

2

some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1

suits for gentlemen; menswear

1

floor

3

women's clothing

1

price tag; price label

1

expenses; disbursements

1

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

2

electronic money

1

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

1

to chew up

1

display stand; exhibition table

1

to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

2

attentiveness

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

1

to consult a doctor

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

3

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

1

seedy-looking; thin

1

skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones

1

gene; genetic

1

birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

2

to blame oneself

1

blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

1

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

1

in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

1

not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

autumn breeze; fall breeze

1

to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

3

made of metal

1

emergency staircase; emergency stairs

2

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

2

to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts

1

handrail; railing; banister

5

a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

1

main thread (of a story)

1

trade fair; exhibition center; instant messenger

2

pity; compassion; mercy

1

insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

1