jpdb beta

pannier (clothing); hoop skirt

1

gently; airily; fluffily

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

town girl; girl raised in a town

1

travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

4

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

9

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

5

accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

1

reef; leaf

1

Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

1

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy

1

perfect; complete; flawless

2

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

2

to dress up

3

downtown

2

lately; recently

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

29

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

4

great; grand; extensive; large-scale

2

guard; girder bridge

1

as (for); for; in the capacity of

3

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

skirt

5

inside; interior; inner part

4

one's own work; making by oneself

1

tear gas

1

smokescreen

1

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

2

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

1

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

2

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

2

uproar; disturbance

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

safety first (principle)

2

charm; amulet

1

intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

3

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

10

at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully

1

to appear suddenly

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

1

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

8

stage; performance

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

2

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)

2

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

3