jpdb beta

favorite; favourite; habitually used

2

sewing machine

4

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

3

rice ball

7

(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

1

all people; everybody; ten thousand people

1

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

1

indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

3

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

2

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

2

lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

2

diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

3

booklet with homework assignments for the summer vacation

1

suspicious character (person, figure)

4

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

2

command; direction

2

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

masquerade ball

1

to parade; to march; to walk in procession

2

police officer

1

far sight and deep design

1

(power) transformer; trance; trans

1

good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show

1

spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw

1

first impression

2

average

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

3

love is blind

1

(inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession

1

ladle; (hen's) egg

1

tuning fork

1

prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

2

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

3

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

devilishness

4

mood; humor; humour; looks; countenance

1

karuna (compassion)

1

property; possession

3

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

8

body measurements

1

court rank

2

groundless; entirely contrary to fact

1

tiny breasts

7

to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do

1

critical hit

1

pad; padding

4

early afternoon

1

being in shape; holding a dignified appearance

2

pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

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