jpdb beta

several seconds

1

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

1

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

2

pain; agony; bitterness

1

reward; prize

3

sixth day of the month; six days

1

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

weekend

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

7

decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching

1

swept back hair

1

agreement; rule

3

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

7

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

2

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

7

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

2

in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

2

one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

1

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

2

customer service smile

1

rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish

1

had better ...; had better not ...

9

to employ; to hire; to charter

3

rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint

1

price; value; cost

5

small shot bar with an all-female staff

2

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

2

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

2

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

standard; set; routine; decided

1

be; is

30

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

5

youth; young man

4

question; inquiry; enquiry

6

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

4

blinking (in surprise)

1

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

8

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

1

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

1

frozen food

10

instant

1

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

2

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

1

taco

1

unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion

1

(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

1

wine

10