jpdb beta

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

2

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

the same kind; accomplice; partner

3

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

5

essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

1

unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)

1

always; constantly; at all times; habitually

2

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

6

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

2

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

good-natured person; nice person

2

rare; extraordinary; singular

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

guide; usher

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

10

train; electric train

6

(train) conductor

1

kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)

2

front entrance; front door

1

scarlet; crimson; cardinal red

1

carpet; rug; runner

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

3

both sides

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

3

usherette

1

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

3

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.)

3

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

4

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

1

boy; bellboy; porter; waiter

2

especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally

3

to settle one's account; to pay a bill

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

shopping; purchased goods

2

money

31

stinginess; miserliness; parsimony

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

2

tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone

3

dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up

2

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

4

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

1

half-crazed; frantic

4

to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

2

change (for a purchase); toilet splashback

1

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

3

not only ... but (also); as well as ...

1

article; item; thing; goods; wares

2