jpdb beta

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

6

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

3

either way; in any case; one way or another

3

to bear fruit; to ripen

1

exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

2

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

8

han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand

6

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

11

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

3

footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

2

step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

3

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

2

the number of days; date

1

notice; notification

3

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

1

young girl

4

ladies and gentlemen

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

2

to fight; to exchange blows; to rally

1

sign; signal; cue

10

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

5

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

3

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

3

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

11

to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

1

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

4

notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

7

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

8

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

2

a period of two days

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

2

objection; dissent; protest

1

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

1

second; number two; runner-up

1

counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact

3

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

1

full of; brimming with

1

advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation

3

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

4

open sea

4

to do

34

(hand) gesture; movement of the hand

2

false; hypocritical

3

officials; authorities

6

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

4

chat; desultory conversation

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

17

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

4

having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension

9