jpdb beta

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

3

lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance

1

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

2

nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey

2

body; group; party; company; troupe

9

deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter

3

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

2

public and private; official and personal; government and people

2

ingenuity; resourcefulness

1

full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses

2

to unfold; to unroll; to open

1

last (year); yesterday

1

to write (to someone)

1

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

1

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

1

to come to mind; to pop into one's head

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

3

start; beginning; first step; clue

1

to order; to command; to appoint

2

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

2

ripsaw

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

4

middle and high school; medium and high (level)

1

that goes without saying but also ...; not only that but ...

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

2

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

3

discouragement; disappointment

1

leader; chief

1

petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief

2

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice

1

in advance; beforehand; previously

2

to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding

1

thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

1

appears to be; apparently

1

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

to take back; to recapture

1

evil-doers

2

iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow

4

(social) position; status

1

lately; recently

4

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

2

bosom friend; intimate friend; close friend

2

to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

2

personal description

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

2

thus; in this way; like this

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