jpdb beta

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant

1

pitch black; deep black

1

rainbow

1

reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

as soon as; right after

1

undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

17

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

2

to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness

1

turning to the left; left turn

1

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

2

there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

1

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental

1

pickpocket

2

habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity

1

practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai

1

this area; around here

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

2

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

1

other people; others

1

everyday; always; at all times; frequently

1

to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much

1

to let one's guard down

1

nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property

1

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

1

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

vegetable; marijuana; cannabis

1

ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

time around sunset; early evening

1

grey; gray; ashen

2

wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

6

uneducated; uncultured; unrefined; ignorant

1

lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous

1

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

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outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

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charity concert

2

water fountain

4

singer; vocalist; amateur singer who records and uploads songs to online video platforms

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rim; brim; edge; brink

2

midwinter; dead of winter

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