jpdb beta

genius; prodigy

1

management strategy

1

embezzlement; fraudulent use; plagiarism; appropriation

1

plagiarism; plagiarised work

7

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

hidden camera; spy camera

1

as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive

1

frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

1

dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements

1

poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

1

salvage

1

sheet music; score

3

child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood

1

to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)

1

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

1

famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece

1

offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart

1

to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

1

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

1

in someone (else's) name

2

extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

1

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

1

one's own handwriting; autograph

1

musical composition; tune

3

connection

1

new (musical) composition; new piece; new song

2

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

freight car; van

3

director

1

to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

1

leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

3

please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

1

to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

1

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

to vacate; to move out

1

sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos

1

orange juice

1

unless one ...; if one does not ...

1

demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation

2

have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!

1

substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

singer

1

press conference

1

to cool down one's anger

1

personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis

1

to look down on; to make light of

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

affectation; pretension

1

(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

1