jpdb beta

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

2

to be expensive

1

jewellers

1

surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

1

stand-up meal; buffet

1

outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

3

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

1

scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting

1

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

1

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

circulation; dissemination

1

plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

4

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

1

inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

2

visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience

5

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

curtain; curtains

1

everybody

1

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

1

young person

3

Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

1

quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible

2

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to

2

self-; from (a time or place)

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

2

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

1

tax collection; taxation

1

tax evasion

1

open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

1

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

usual state of things

1

commitment; pledge; promise

1

expression; phraseology

2

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

3

to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

1

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

1

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

2

honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)

2

to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat

1

to begin to tremble

1

whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly

1

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

3

not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

1

to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

1

dress; outfit

1

having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

1