jpdb beta

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

2

farmwork

1

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

3

to drool; to dribble; to slobber

1

meal set before one; women's advances

1

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

1

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

1

to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)

1

to the best of my ability, poor though it be

3

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

3

narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin

1

(formal) shirt; dress shirt; shirt (as part of a school uniform); shirt with non-detachable cuffs and collar

1

jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

1

raison d'être; reason for being

1

moving into a dormitory

1

principal's office

13

admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment

3

under the control (of); under the dominion (of)

2

fiction

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable

5

clerical work

1

commentator

1

Kagaya

38

fine clothes

3

old woman; joker (in old maid)

5

conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)

1

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

7

bill (law); measure

1

traditional

3

anachronism

1

check; restraint; oppression; repression

1

new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

1

rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP

1

female image

4

impassioned speech; fervent speech

2

formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical

1

filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty

3

retort; back talk; backchat

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

1

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

1

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

2

scrap of cloth; odds and ends

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

(good or bad) feel when wearing something

3

similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy

4

to grow old

6

institute; academy

2

rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

1

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

1

subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion

1