jpdb beta

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

1

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

6

bandit; brigand

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

antimonopoly; antitrust

1

the clouds look menacing; things don't look good

1

Cupid (Roman god)

3

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

1

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

3

to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with

1

starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

1

burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

2

to shave

1

severe; hard

1

discipline; training; teaching manners

1

tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

1

retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example

1

normally; habitually

2

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

1

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

to hurry; to rush

1

afternoon tea

1

plastic umbrella

3

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

look of the sky; weather

1

sharing an umbrella; under one umbrella; sketch of an umbrella with two names under it (equiv. of "X loves Y")

3

long spell of rain

2

street in front of station

1

how many people

1

leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

3

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

1

whether or not

1

main street

1

nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than

1

dessert; desert

1

coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)

6

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored

1

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain

1

to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for

2

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

1

discussion; argument; debate

1

to follow custom; to conform (convention, tradition, etc.); to toe the line

1

heated vegetables; warm vegetables

1

frozen food

1

to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

1

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

1

to pay the bill; to settle an account

1