jpdb beta

embroidery

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frill

1

apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)

1

to watch steadily; to stare

1

glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

2

retail store; retail shop

1

legal

1

report; notification

1

kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

1

wholesale; wholesaling

1

mental health; mental hygiene

2

to overcharge; to rip off

1

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick

1

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

2

hindrance; intrusion

5

tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean

1

knowing only too well; being fully aware of

3

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

3

trivial matter

2

both sides

1

illegal; illicit; unlawful

1

gambling

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

1

to feel nauseous

1

obstruction of business; interference with business

1

hysteria

2

threatening voice; threatening tone

1

powerless; helpless; incompetent

1

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

4

lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market); skilled batter; batter on a hot streak; accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money

1

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

6

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

4

five-family unit; five-man group; quintet

1

belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt

2

to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle

1

small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act

1

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

3

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

6

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

3

warm; mild; genial

3

one mat

1

to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)

1

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

2

three meals (a day)

1

bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom

3

boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm

1

sense of pain

3

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

4