jpdb beta

(department) store; (department) stores

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)

1

theatre; theater; playhouse

1

slide (used for projection); magic lantern

1

show

1

standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

1

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

2

to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)

1

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

6

to half-rise to one's feet

2

to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare

2

dozens; scores of; decades

3

roadside

1

to be erected; to be built

4

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

8

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

5

detour; roundabout way

1

to talk to oneself; to mutter

2

to watch steadily; to stare

1

tension; mental strain; nervousness

5

piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

2

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

2

heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief

1

being startled

3

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

6

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

4

head over heels; headlong; head first

1

of all things

5

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

3

body (of car); frame

5

roof

9

to badger; to pester; to beg

2

custom

1

innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

4

to look up

3

to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

1

all the more

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom

1

brick

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

1

beforehand; in advance; previously

1

window frame; sash

2