jpdb beta

to dispatch a messenger; to despatch a messenger

1

(in) my own way

4

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

1

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

2

discriminatory; discriminative

1

to drag on; to be delayed

5

informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together

4

normal course (of action); proper course; regular way

1

joke

1

to change; to shift; to come and go

1

festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere

2

not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong

4

purse strings

1

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

5

reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn

1

veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand

1

group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team

1

disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

1

timid person; coward

1

under the orders of; by order (command)

2

one or two; a few; small number

1

to take care of

3

to suspect

1

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

1

as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

4

pectoral (muscle)

1

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

1

always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)

1

concealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring

2

based on; built on; made from

2

to break down (an opponent's defenses); to defeat; to knock out the opponent's pitcher (with consecutive base hits); to break (an established notion); to refute (e.g. a theory)

1

drink

1

small-time candy store; penny candy store

1

cheap

2

cocoa powder

1

star

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)

1

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

3

cold storage; refrigeration

1

long-term

3

to filter; to strain

3

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

unslacking; unceasing

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

2

another; different; something else

1

beverage; drink

1