jpdb beta

wooden shoes; clogs

1

pincers; nippers; pliers

1

metal plate; metallic plate

1

handling; manipulation

1

manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)

1

pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects

4

at work; in the midst of work; working

2

(factory) worker

2

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

1

immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant

4

pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent

1

out of fashion; out of style; outmoded

1

jewelry; jewellery

2

enclosure; coralling; penning; enclosure (fencing off common land for individual ownership)

1

to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

1

hard to replace (with other person)

1

for ceremonial use

6

normal practice; proper practice

1

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

1

in one's lifetime; (while) in life

1

slate; stone slab

3

to be assiduous in one's business

2

must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall

2

to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

2

extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot

1

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

1

to be tired from walking

1

to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to

2

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

1

paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; notice; poster

1

(hamburger) buns; bun

6

to clear up; to become cloudless

1

racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless

1

to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

2

freshly fried

1

final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)

1

imaginary; fantastical; visionary; utopian; quixotic; fanciful

1

to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

1

you get what you pay for; (lit.) wasting money on a cheap item

1

spite; frustration; vexation

2

room allocation; assignment of rooms

1

saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

2

exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day

1

sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit

1

comparison; something worthy of comparison

1

to gaze back at

1

to have one's teeth set on edge; to become annoyed; to get loose teeth

2

to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

3

general framework; broad outline; rough idea; generally; broadly; in broad terms

1

day of spring; spring sun

1