jpdb beta

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

2

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

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prediction; estimation

2

proud; arrogant; haughty

1

to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

1

three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often

1

driving force

1

fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

2

bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

2

to attack; to assault; to assail

1

countries

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blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body

1

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

6

(ocean) vessels; warship

2

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

2

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

2

custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule

1

unnecessary; unneeded

2

feast; banquet

1

supernova

1

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

1

explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

1

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

1

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

5

when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

discontinuous

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ancestor

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

mystery; mysteriousness; secret

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

bow-shaped; arched

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

1

to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

2

worship; adoration; admiration; cult

1

sun

1

striking; remarkable; considerable

1

change in appearance; transformation

1

custom; habit; customary practice

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

2

fibre; fiber; textile

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

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