jpdb beta

mother-of-pearl

1

inlay (work); inlaying

1

disappointment; despair

5

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

24

to despise; to belittle; to look down on

1

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

1

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

3

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

2

military officer; naval officer

4

show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

1

to be deeply submerged

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

6

to continue to do; to persist in doing

1

sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

2

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

2

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver

4

old tree

1

chatting; idle talk

1

in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story

2

sleeping sickness

1

mental illness; emotional disorder

2

to awake from one's sleep

4

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

25

perfectly round; perfectly circular

2

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema

6

the same kind; accomplice; partner

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

2

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

4

obvious; transparent

1

acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

7

light; easy; non-serious; minor

8

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1

sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

2

with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go

2

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

3

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

2

second-year student; biennial

1

steam whistle

1

running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom

2

older sister; elder sister

41

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

1

reproachfully

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

10

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

1

index finger; forefinger; second toe

1

shaving; shaver

2