jpdb beta

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

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large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece

2

whistle (sound made with the lips)

1

newspaper story (article, account)

1

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

1

to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

2

famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

3

reporter; journalist

3

serialization; serialisation; serial story

1

column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

4

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

2

day before yesterday

3

elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

1

son; penis

3

roadside; wayside

1

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

1

garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

1

coat; coating

5

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

2

sunglasses

3

passing by

1

good boy; good girl

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

4

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

3

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

sunrise

2

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

pistol

1

mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito

1

bank clerk

1

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

6

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

5

incident; affair; happening; event

2

in addition

2

enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

2

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2

all over Japan; throughout Japan

1

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

2

hot topic; talk of the town

1

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

2

national museum

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

3

to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

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