jpdb beta

drink

1

drinking straw; straw

1

opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

1

love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple

1

model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

1

sympathy; empathy; response

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

1

godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall

1

ostensible (surface) reason

1

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

1

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

1

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

3

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

1

to grumble; to complain

1

to take off one's glasses

1

to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

2

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

1

window

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

3

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

1

mountain castle

1

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

huge breasts; huge boobs

2

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

2

natural (ability)

1

star quality

1

nonstandard; substandard

2

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

6

one's self-possession; one's presence of mind

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

3

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

2

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

2

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

3

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

2

self-consciousness; self-awareness

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

5

Fushimi

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

4

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

2