jpdb beta

starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

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speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

second marriage; remarriage

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commuter marriage

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almost every day; almost daily

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

to read aloud to another

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

as soon as; right after

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

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

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

3

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

tee-hee

3

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

1

appetite (for food)

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hot water; hot bath

2

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

2

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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because; as; since

3

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

1

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

1

client list; customer list

1

backroom deal

1

big prize; first prize

1

winning (a prize)

1

to scoop up; to dip up

1

journal; magazine; periodical

1

clandestine meeting

1

to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

1

press club; correspondents' club

1

for this reason

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

3

surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2

approval and authorization; permits and licences

1

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

6

irregular pulse; arrhythmia

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

1

numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)

1

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

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(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

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