jpdb beta

letter; note

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

hostile; adversarial; antagonistic

3

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

1

limit; restriction

1

already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely

1

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

1

sour look; surly face; pout

1

everything; anything; nothing

1

surname; family name; last name

5

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

1

several times; a few times

1

with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob

2

to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike

1

even in the worst case; no matter how bad things get; whatever happens; under any circumstances

1

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

to kill time

2

harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)

3

combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time

1

initial value; initial condition; IV; initializing value; default value

1

reaching; attaining; arrival

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)

1

close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent

1

to replace; to change (for a new one); to renew; to reassign (an expense); to charge (to a different account); to shift (a loss)

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

1

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

4

proud; haughty; arrogant

2

sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

1

dash

1

destination (one is heading towards); goal

3

three people

2

as soon as; right after

1

to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

2

practice; practising; training; study

6

Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe

1

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

4

unjust; inhuman

1

a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

1

matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

2

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

similar to; like

1