jpdb beta

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

3

paste; glue; clothing starch

4

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

3

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

1

deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)

1

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

8

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

classical; classic

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

12

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

3

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

12

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

3

then; if so; if

3

essence; true nature; substance; reality

1

as before; as ever; as it was originally

3

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

2

seven o'clock

3

standing signboard; billboard; hoarding

1

oh; ah

2

good evening

1

fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly

1

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

to bring someone along

2

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

to laugh away; to laugh off

1

to stoop; to bend over

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

2

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

3

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

2

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

2

does not seem (to be)

1

welcome party

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

7

let's start with beer

1

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

1

edamame (green soybeans)

1

to look around; to survey

5

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

7

New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year

1

to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)

1

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

1

out of character; unlike one

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

3

encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

3

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

4

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1