jpdb beta

street; quarter; district; area

6

apparent age (of someone); rough age

1

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

1

boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)

1

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

1

to be slippery; to be slimy

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

7

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

6

the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

1

Naporitan; Napolitan; Japanese spaghetti dish made with ketchup

9

Nappo

1

wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

2

below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin

5

double take (esp. out of surprise)

3

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

8

to look away; to turn away

5

sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

3

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

2

showy; ostentatious

1

lack of innovation; stupidity

1

complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation

3

uncle

1

clandestine meeting

1

division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

4

to lose sight of; to miss

6

eyewitness testimony

3

thank you; thanks a lot

2

heart

3

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

2

to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively

1

ketchup; catsup

1

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

1

Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus

1

bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum

1

orthodox school

4

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

23

spoon

4

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

external; outside

1

main cause; primary factor

3

home; family; household

4

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

2

human relations; personal relationships

9

Emmy

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

4

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

7

surface; appearances

4

self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

1