jpdb beta

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

5

business world; business circles; (the) industry

1

occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

2

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

1

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

1

self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

1

cynical

1

(in) his way; peculiar to him

1

landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

4

independent action; acting alone

1

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

1

large number of people

1

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

1

precocity (esp. of a young girl); acting grown up; precocious young girl

1

elementary and middle school pupils

2

girls; women

2

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1

to be inclined to do; to be willing to do

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

2

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

trembling from fear; trembling all over

1

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

1

what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!

1

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

2

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

female high-school student

1

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

2

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

1

killing two birds with one stone

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

one (bird)

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

2

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

1

lady; ready

1

escort

1

contraction of "koto da"

1

trouble

1

to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

1

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

1