jpdb beta

composed expression; clear face

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

3

to slap; to strike; to spank

1

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

uniform

1

narrow; thin (sized); slender

2

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

6

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

6

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

5

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

4

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

2

to toady; to be obsequious

1

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

2

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

3

to close; to shut

1

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

9

famous; fame

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

3

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

24

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

8

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

4

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

1

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

2

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

5

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

23

what is it?

1

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

3

emerald; jade

1

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

2

ruby; Jonathan apple

1

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

1

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

4

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

8

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

7

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

16

desk

3

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1