jpdb beta

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

1

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

3

silver-rimmed

1

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

1

of course; certainly; naturally

3

glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses

1

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

6

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

natural; natural (sign)

1

hairstyle

1

seven

2

three; 3

2

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

3

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

1

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

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

1

wig

1

long hair

1

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

2

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

3

blouse

1

miniskirt; mini-skirt

1

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

1

disguise; masquerade

4

had better do so

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

4

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

2

to be the case that

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

2

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

4

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

2

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

5

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

1

it seems that; as if

3

to board a ship

2

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

2

more than usual

1

with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly

1

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

2

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

1

consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

6

form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

2

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

3