jpdb beta

long johns; long underpants; long underwear

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward

1

roadside; wayside

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

4

zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

1

not one

1

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

3

on the sea; on the ocean; offshore

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

2

principal occupation; core business

1

hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

limited edition

1

plastic sleeve (documents); sheet protector; clear file

2

Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-

1

harem

1

catch; playing catch

1

batting

1

natural virtue; personal virtue

2

indescribable; having no way to express

2

mankind; humanity

2

regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

2

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

mosquito

4

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

uh-oh; oops; sorry

2

sexy

1

happy trail (line of hair from the navel to the genitals); pubic hair

1

to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish

2

black (colour, color)

1

tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut

1

reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook

1

ad lib; ad-lib

2

sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)

2

faint smile

1

literature

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

5

rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

1

man

1

gum; rubber; eraser; condom

2

scriptures; canon; teaching guide

1

to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with

1

in order; in turn; one by one

2

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

5

morals; morality

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

2

calamity; disaster; misfortune

1