jpdb beta

accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

1

somehow or other

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about this time

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exceedingly; very

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your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

1

departure; leaving; starting; standing

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

sphere; circle; range; category

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

5

four people

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noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

1

traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)

1

old pine tree

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to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

1

educational; instructive

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

2

to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill

2

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

3

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

3

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

set of staggered shelves

2

Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

4

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

1

lake (in place names)

2

lake

3

scenery; scene; landscape

1

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

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discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

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to happen to have on hand or in stock

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to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

2

offering a cup (of sake) in return

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watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

2

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

2

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

cake or snack served with tea

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

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both sides

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

1

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

2

metal chain

6

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

to get late; to advance; to wear on

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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