jpdb beta

chameleon

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

5

living thing; living creature; animal; life

3

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

2

appearance; figure; shape; form

1

site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight

1

image; picture; portrait

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

1

oil painting

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

how many points

1

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall

1

tablecloth

1

round table

1

double agent

2

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

to complain; to lodge a complaint

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

engineer; technician

1

smallish; on the small side

1

overall; on the whole

1

woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity

1

high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score

1

not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking

1

black tea

1

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

1

cake

4

to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

1

self-introduction

1

person; member

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

4

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

4

the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past

1

strictly; severely; rigidly

1

now; nowadays

1

one's subordinate

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

2

the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

14

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

2

heart; guts; nerve; central part

3

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

1

curse; spell; malediction

2

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

friend; companion

1

spy

1