jpdb beta

to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

2

local residents; neighbours; neighbors

1

to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity

1

right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently

1

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

1

noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

2

poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)

1

big

1

public (institution)

1

school district; school area

1

inside the area

1

deception; cheating; trickery; fraud

1

shallow; superficial

1

sound; tone; note; ring; chirp

1

kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)

1

healthy body

2

latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law

2

falling from a horse

1

Christian

1

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

1

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

1

second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student

1

to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

5

how to keep fit; how to stay healthy; health management method

1

pneumonia

1

putting someone in hospital; inflicting injury such that medical care is required

1

uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana

2

slack; looseness; play

2

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki

1

close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants

2

gargling; rinsing one's mouth

1

female image

1

dependence; reliance

1

like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

1

all the more

1

burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

2

wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping

1

some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")

1

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

3

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children

4

innumerable; countless; numberless

4

secret base; hideout; hidden position

2

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

1

encampment; position; side; end; goal area

1

illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking

1

poisoning; addiction

1

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

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