jpdb beta

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

2

10,000,000; ten million

3

resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite

2

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

2

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

3

gasp; pant

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mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

1

pizza; fat, ugly person

3

one-to-one; one-on-one

1

to settle (a dispute)

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

to kill; to choke the life out of

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

1

impossible

1

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

1

slow; late; too late

3

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

3

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

1

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

1

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

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to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

3

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

4

(air) turbulence; turbulent air

1

is that so?; I see; right; oh

1

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

eddies of wind around high buildings

1

dozens; scores of; decades

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double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

gust (of wind); blast

1

to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

3

end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death

1

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

altruism

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not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)

1

complaining; nitpicking

1

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

2

you

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