jpdb beta

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

1

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

1

tonight; this evening

1

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); person who is unable to read the room; danger prevention (e.g. in the workplace)

2

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

1

to grow old; to age

1

tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)

1

physical

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

that sort of; like that

1

over-fond parent; doting parent

1

meaning; called; said

1

thank you very much

1

home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude

1

wink

1

bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

see you tomorrow

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

(husked grains of) rice

1

to squat; to crouch

1

to stoop; to bend over

1

grain of rice

1

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

1

touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag

1

twice

1

epilogue

1

a certain ...

1

straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

huge; big; enormous

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

table of contents; contents

3

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

1

number; number plate; license plate

1

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1