jpdb beta

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

3

new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

2

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

3

very strange; odd; queer

2

headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask

1

lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched

2

detour; roundabout way

1

serow; wild goat

1

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

1

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

but; however; although; though

1

one room

1

chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat

2

to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

3

blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair

1

swept back hair

1

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

1

outlaw

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

(male) otaku obsessed with (female) idols

9

to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

1

(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge

1

categorizing

1

not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

3

consideration; taking into account

4

human; human-like; as a person

1

compromise; concession

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

fuselage; airframe

1

despair; hopelessness

4

in bad taste; problematic; of poor character

1

original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

5

five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

4

beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable

1

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

2

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

4

New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world

1

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

1

stationery

1

to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up

1

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

3

self-introduction

1