jpdb beta

preface; introduction; preamble

3

hmm; I see; hrm

4

fashion show

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

1

word; remark; statement

2

glad countenance; joyful look

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

2

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

1

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

4

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

6

trifling; trivial

1

to put up (a notice); to post

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

schoolgirl; female student

1

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

review (of learned material); revision

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

4

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

4

weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

5

rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable

5

order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order

4

peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea

1

electronic sound

1

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)

2

is that so?

3

two o'clock

2

thousands; several thousand

1

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

3

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

19

snake; serpent; large snake

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

frog

1

nose

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

5

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

3

to wear glasses; to put on glasses

2

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

2

gloomy person

6

small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

7

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

personality; character; individuality; personhood

1

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

contact; contact lens

2

prevention; check

1