jpdb beta

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

4

fashion

1

knowledge; information

6

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum

1

precisely because

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert

1

if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

1

committee member

1

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

2

food; food products; foodstuffs

1

selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell

1

building

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

2

female friend; woman friend

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

2

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

3

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

16

every year; yearly; annually

3

buying; shopping; buyer; purchase

3

aha!; yes sir

1

ha ha ha (laughter)

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

12

to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

3

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

3

because of; owing to; due to

3

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

2

objective; aim; mark

1

(a) few; some; several

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

(one's) self; oneself

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

1

design

2

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

bold; daring; audacious

19

civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

2

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

3

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

2

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

2