jpdb beta

popular (with); in favour (with); well received

2

to exchange greetings

1

everything; anything; nothing

1

fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

1

seat allocation; fee paid to an performer (at a vaudeville hall); appearance fee

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

(very) back (last) row; rearmost row

2

(at the) window

1

reserved seat

1

in succession; one by one

1

successively; one after another

1

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

1

hope; wish; aspiration

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

birdcage

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2

on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

2

one elbow

1

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

1

scenery; scene; landscape

1

cramped

1

squalid; messy

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

2

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

2

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains

1

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

one month

3

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

it may be because

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

2

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

4

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

2

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

in that manner; like that

1

cause; origin; source

3

gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

same generation; one's generation

2

ability; faculty

1

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

1

in many cases

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

3

training; drill; practice; discipline

1

to develop one's ability

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1