jpdb beta

briefcase; attaché case

2

automatic lock; automatic door-locking system

1

keyhole

2

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

3

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

1

consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp

4

room; apartment; flat

1

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

closet

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

1

furniture

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

2

sofa; couch

2

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

1

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

1

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

2

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

4

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

kitchen

1

oolong tea

4

PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

9

to spend time (on doing something)

2

society; the world; the times

2

formalism

1

interference; intervention; meddling

2

complete stranger; total stranger

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

2

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

3

common (of objects, abstract things); usual

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

5

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

3

that sort of; like that

2

company president; manager; director

3

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

6

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

such

2

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

2

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

1

technique

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

3

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

2

deep breath

3

to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

3

in this manner; in this way; like this

1