jpdb beta

circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

1

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

10

stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn

1

industrialization; industrialisation

1

commercialization; commercialisation

1

tax yields; revenue

1

educational institution

1

still; even now

1

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

3

chasing; chase

4

drama; play; powerful drug

4

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

8

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

1

to take to task; to take it out on

1

inspection; examination; checking

1

tonight; this evening

1

platform; home; home base; home plate

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

parting; farewell

2

examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier

1

necklace; choker

1

how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly

1

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

thank you for your continued patronage

1

to cross swords (with)

1

Good news

1

lightly; easily; carelessly

4

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

1

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

1

side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)

2

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

downtown

3

local people

1

shopper; customer

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

morning market

1

energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

fruit

2

glass door

1

to force open; to push open

1

tall figure; high stature

2

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

1

cactus

1

how many months?; how long?

1

bamboo broom

1

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

1