jpdb beta

big; large; great

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looking slender in clothing

1

to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

2

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

2

Archimedes (287?-212 BCE)

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quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)

1

ticklish; embarrassing

2

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

2

my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!

1

riff

1

un-Japanese in appearance or character

1

beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future

2

wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

1

revenge

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey

1

storage space (esp. in a home)

2

vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

4

poster

2

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

7

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

10

guitar

1

pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)

1

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top

3

most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work

1

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

2

street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)

1

interior; inside; internal

2

Drum stick

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chisel; graver

1

to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

middle period; medium-term

1

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

2

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

1

door

3

peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

1

wide-angle lens

2

panorama; panoramic painting

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

2

heart; hearts (suit)

2

to engrave; to carve out

2

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

3

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

2

tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

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