jpdb beta

but; however; even though; even if

1

helping hand; help; support; aid

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

people

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

sewing; needlework

1

to laugh scornfully

1

to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

1

to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend

1

barrette; hair clasp; hair slide

6

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

silk

1

eyebrow

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

3

to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain

1

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

to gape; to open one's mouth wide

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

3

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

way of justification, sorting, etc.

1

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

2

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

2

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

2

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1

left; left hand side

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

3

tray

3

tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)

2

fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

spark

1

to fly around; to scatter

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

3

understood; I see; OK; present; here

1

bottom; buttocks

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

1

is something that; is that which

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

2

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

3

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

to dance; to perform dance steps

1

cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

1