jpdb beta

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

cold sake

1

evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp

6

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

conflagration; fire

1

Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek

1

pinto bean; mottled kidney bean

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

3

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

1

departure

2

the very best; excellent; superb

1

kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

2

fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion

2

to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

1

original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest

1

department of English literature

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(former) imperial university

3

knife

5

Garden of Eden

3

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

3

wild silkworm

1

failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade

1

to go back

3

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

25

Dadaism; Dada

4

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick

1

in puffs; in whiffs; in flashes

1

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

2

shriek; scream

1

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

3

udon flour (wheat flour)

1

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

reformatory; reform school

4

beggar; begging

2

moaning; groaning

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

Japanese (language)

1

national; governmental

2

(former) imperial university

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

3

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

1

dairy; milkman

1

self-supporting student; working student

1

gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)

2

full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full

1

to comb down; to smooth down

2

weeping; lamenting

2

to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)

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