jpdb beta

hungry; starving

1

manners; etiquette

1

to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

3

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

archipelago; chain of islands

1

remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

2

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

2

pollution problem or issue

2

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

5

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

toilet paper

2

to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

1

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

4

vision of the future

1

wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

1

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

1

cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that

4

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

1

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

1

Plaza Hotel

1

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

1

high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

3

to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out

1

Japanese restaurant

1

top floor

2

glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy

5

water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens

1

to provide; to arrange; to install

1

Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden

1

employee; worker

13

polite; respectful; reverent

1

hanging scroll

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

completely; not at all

2

mere; simple; sheer

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

2

to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

1

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up

1

precisely because

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1