jpdb beta

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

1

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

late; slowly

1

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

1

letter; missive; note; mail

6

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

1

standing; reserve; always having ready

1

octopus pot; foxhole (in a battlefield); bubble; echo chamber

4

thereupon; shortly thereafter

2

immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement

1

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

1

(your) time

1

thank you

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

3

sanction; approval

1

document; official papers

1

delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner

10

permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

2

Serena

4

formal

1

disguise; masquerade

2

street clothes

1

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

3

the blues; bluish colors

1

outline

1

to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

1

peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled

1

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

5

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

1

clothing and accessories; attire

1

fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed

1

counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...

1

ready-made clothes

3

seamstress

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden

1

pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance

1

to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

1

to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset

1

acquaintance; friend; familiar face

1

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

7

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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simple; plain; modest

3

such; like that; in that way

1

dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely

1