jpdb beta

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

4

to freeze to death; to die of cold

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

to be

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stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

2

outspoken; frank; candid

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

4

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone

2

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

4

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

1

underwater

2

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

2

bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

3

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

to thank

1

we

7

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

7

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

4

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

4

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

1

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

2

compression; condensation; constriction; compaction

1

to cover fully; to wrap around

2

in one's hands; in one's control

2

to bring back

4

material for experiments; experimental material

2

cooperation; coordination; link

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

2

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

4

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

2

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

4

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

3

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

2

warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)

2

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

1

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

4

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

1

wing (bird, aircraft, etc.); wing (rugby, soccer, etc.); wing (of a building); unbalanced edge (othello)

3