jpdb beta

melon; gourd

5

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

returning tit for tat; retaliating

1

how many years; how long; what year

1

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

1

Reko

2

(male) lover

1

a long time ago

1

sure; yeah; I know

1

learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example

1

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

1

with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

misunderstanding

3

mother and child

1

to neglect; to let alone

1

to thrust aside

1

to thrust back; to reject

1

cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)

1

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

writer

1

with a click (e.g. camera shutter); with a snap

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season

1

this person; he; she

1

fluent; smooth; flowing

1

hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm

1

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

1

to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)

2

one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit

1

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

1

to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

1

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

1

ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

1

podgily; plumply; thickly

1

waistcoat; vest

23

small piece (e.g. of cloth)

3

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

1

disarmament

1

to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

armpit; axilla

1

to sew on

4

makeshift

1

small box; casket

2

pinhole

1

kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow

1

A word describing the sound made when things are rubbed or pressed against each other; The act of cramming or shoving things to the brim

1