jpdb beta

communication

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clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

1

conscious; deliberate; intentional

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

3

(one) before last; two before; two in front (e.g. rows)

2

nice; good; well-executed

1

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

1

well done!; bravo

1

end line

1

stretch (of a material); stretch material; stretch (exercise); stretching; stretch; straight (course)

2

careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

1

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

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

3

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

1

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

1

match; game; bout; contest

3

called; known as; that; to say

2

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

1

to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)

1

to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed

1

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

1

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

2

oh, yes?; really?

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

4

to have the nerve to

2

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

1

plastic food storage container; Tupperware

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1

play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)

3

that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

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

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

1

to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive

1

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

1

to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed

1

two; 2

1

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

2

sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged

1

first impression

1

Ōita (city, prefecture)

1

well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good

1

drink

2