jpdb beta

nameplate; doorplate

3

modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain

1

under the eaves

1

paving stone; pavement

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

2

Imura

6

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

undershorts

1

string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

1

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

4

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

2

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

2

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

2

to feign ignorance; to play dumb

1

to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step

1

lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

1

to knit one's brows; to frown

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way

3

speech; expression; wording; language

1

to hate; to detest

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

1

daytime; midday

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

dropout; straggler; outcast; failure

3

in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever

1

ability; faculty

1

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

1

to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

1

interference; intervention; meddling

1

island country mentality; insular spirit; insularism; insularity

1

morals; ethics; moral training

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

nothing but; except; no more than

1

(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)

1

to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off

2

foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

1

to lean against; to set against

2

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

1

to bring (someone into a place); to lead into

1