jpdb beta

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

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stigma

1

to show; to display

3

to turn towards; to point

1

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

1

hey!; hey!

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

1

there is nothing

1

muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

muscle

1

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

1

serious; not joking; straight

2

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

2

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

2

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

1

mirror writing

1

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

1

correspondence; exchange of letters

1

to tell a lie; to fib

2

unable to back out; unable to withdraw; unable to stop; unable to compromise

1

boy; man; male

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

romantic comedy; rom-com

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

joke; gag

1

to experience

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

pupil (of the eye)

2

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

1

suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

1

ophthalmologist; eye specialist

1

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

1

kanji; Chinese character

1

division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

5

while; during (the time when)

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

3

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

as (somebody) says

1