jpdb beta

modern; trendy; hip; in; up-to-date

1

McCoy; Mccoy

2

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

9

Yoshiko

2

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

low dining table; tea table

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

5

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

3

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

7

oh; ah; I'll be darned

2

contraction of "koto da"

2

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

3

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

4

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

4

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

2

friend; comrade; companion

4

mum; mom; mummy; the missus

4

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

3

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

rather than (do ...)

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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dear me; I mean; or rather

1

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

1

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

4

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

4

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

2

points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)

1

nice; good; well-executed

2

chair; stool; post; office; position

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pure

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

5

facetious; droll; funny

1

servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he

1

exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)

1

bravo

2

enough about ...

1

family

1

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

2

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

1

the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

3

bad road

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

2

roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home

1

second place

4

stairs; stairway; staircase

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

acrobat; acrobatics

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junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

4