jpdb beta

sperm

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

3

the fifth

2

way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

2

first article

1

misunderstanding

1

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

1

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

2

mere; simple; sheer

1

arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation

2

have to do; must; should; ought to

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

simple; easy

1

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

1

beginner

1

boastful speech; bragging

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

2

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

6

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

1

indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random

1

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

intensive; concentrated; focused

1

to go on reading

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

oneself; myself

1

most; extremely

1

masochist

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

as soon as; right after

1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)

1

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

sub; substitute; reserve; sub-

1

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

1

unread

1

page

2

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

stapler; paper fastener

2

to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)

1

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

2

to finish writing

1

compared with

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