jpdb beta

cannot make a living

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sales; selling; marketing

1

to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up

1

planning; project; plan; design

2

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

promptly

2

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

2

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

1

to face the situation

2

disgrace; shame

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prize; trophy

2

prize money; monetary award; reward

3

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

3

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

price list

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deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable

1

morning newspaper

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contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

2

genre; category; kind

2

(company) announcement

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

Taniwaki

3

appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

1

to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

1 "to" (unit of volume, approx. 18 litres)

1

mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

1

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

3

bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

1

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

1

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

3

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

pedestrian traffic

1

San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

1

department store; department

1

dawning (of a new era); dawn

3

store interior; inside of a shop

1

rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission

1

entrance

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doorman in charge of footwear

1

cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

1

canvas; duck; sailcloth; burlap; sackcloth

1

straw sandals

2

Japan and Europe

1

compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

2

fully; thoroughly

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great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

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