jpdb beta

dressing room; fitting room

1

to be reflected in a mirror

1

ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

2

cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum

1

prime number

1

bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly

4

penniless; broke

2

to cackle

3

price tag; price label

1

coat; coating

2

beige

1

duffle coat

1

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

4

seaward side

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

9

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

265

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

1

steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)

13

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

sales; selling; marketing

2

sound of the cicadas

3

birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

1

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

1

this morning

3

the very same person

4

revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time

3

aggressive

1

footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability

2

four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)

1

fishing gear; fishing tackle

17

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

5

sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

1

every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop

1

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

2

cheap

1

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

10

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

1

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

1

C Bus

2

vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

2

snagging eels; ice fishing

1

non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)

1

(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

4

bra

1

term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

6

(rocky) beach; seashore

4

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

16

shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

1