jpdb beta

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

3

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

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to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

1

one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

1

damn kids

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to trample; to crush underfoot

1

woodshed

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(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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gesture; sign; hand signal

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

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slow; weak-headed; dumb

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

2

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

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to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

3

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

3

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

7

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

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generally

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to change direction

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blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

2

research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

3

one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

1

the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

3

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

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to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

7

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

2

proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

2

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

5

plan; strategy

8

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

11

even if; even though; however; no matter how

1

nightfall; early evening

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

order; command; directions; instructions

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contribution; service

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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please

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