jpdb beta

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

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with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

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wire

2

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

2

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

3

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

3

feeler; tentacle

10

tumor; tumour

1

carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

1

football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)

1

sphere; counter for balls

2

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

2

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

1

morning sun

2

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

2

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

shadow figure; silhouette

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

dangling

1

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

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exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

spiral; helix; screw

2

puppet; marionette

1

smoothly; easily; readily

1

sleep

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to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

2

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

3

to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

2

beside; nearby

2

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

1

daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

2

rubber balloon

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

2

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

1

gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame

1

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

1

swindle; fraud

1

to fold up; to fold into layers

1

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

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cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

2

resentment; indignation; anger

1

copybook; model; pattern

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