jpdb beta

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

3

reading through (a book); finishing (a book)

1

how long; how much; to what extent

2

to take time

2

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

4

to ponder; to brood

4

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

2

inexhaustible supply

1

to increase; to grow

2

idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

2

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

2

composition

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fact; truth; reality

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contradiction; inconsistency

2

desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

4

really; truly

2

literally; to the letter; literal

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

merely for form's sake

1

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

1

satisfactory; decent

2

advice

3

chief; main; principal; important

1

negotiation

1

groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

1

reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

7

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

2

thought; consideration; thinking

2

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

sincere; earnest; serious

1

face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)

2

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

1

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal

2

sugar

2

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

15

confections; sweets; candy; cake

30

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

4

to bury in the ground

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honey

2

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

6

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

4

tremendous; immense

1

rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

1

instinct

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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