jpdb beta

(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele

1

junior high school student; middle school pupil

2

ginger ale

1

end-of-year

1

in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

1

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

3

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

1

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

2

bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

3

throat; singing voice

1

soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

3

gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)

1

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

1

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

3

professor; teaching; instruction

1

people

1

famous; fame

1

seminar

1

Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS

1

part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical

1

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

1

Dystonia

1

pianist

1

guitarist

1

musician

1

method of treatment; cure; remedy

1

fundamental; basic

2

establishment; settlement

1

to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention

1

the second time

1

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

performing musician

3

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

1

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

4

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

2

(marriage) proposal

1

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

1

till just now

1

complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins

1

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

5

hang in there; go for it; keep at it; do your best

2

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

1

boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

3

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

2

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

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