jpdb beta

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

1

suspended ceiling

1

to draw near

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

1

directly opposite; right in front

1

carving; engraving; chiselled features

1

un-Japanese in appearance or character

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

restaurant

1

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

3

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

1

dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish

1

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

4

intervening

1

ebony

1

had better ...; had better not ...

2

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

should do; ought to do

2

same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

1

sake; Japanese rice wine

2

appetizer; later date; post-dating (e.g. a letter or cheque)

1

East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

1

multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of

1

small bowl

2

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

2

mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)

1

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

3

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

6

declaration; statement

1

Socrates; Sokrates

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)

1

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

2

to dig out; to pick up

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

3

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat

1

to burst into laughter

1

because

1

to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

1

presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation

1

to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious

2

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

3

frog

1