jpdb beta

writing side by side; writing (down) together; writing (down) both

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part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

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prefab hut

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construction site

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temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition

2

office

6

stature; height

2

faded from washing

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jeans; denim; jean

1

instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; model; exemplar; normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college

1

visitor

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appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

1

estimation; criticism; comment

1

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

3

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

4

deed; act; work; performance

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood

8

those; they

3

direct

1

London (UK)

1

university admissions process based on school grades, essays, interviews, etc. (as opposed to an entrance exam)

1

native; native speaker

1

nickname

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date; dating

1

relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going

1

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

2

to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

1

to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear

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immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

3

to leave (a scene); to step away

2

offensive; aggressive

2

feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

1

high-handed; oppressive

2

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

3

reform; renovation

1

handicraft; industrial art object

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

1

chance of precipitation; chance of rain

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near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

1

leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

5

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

vinyl chloride; chloroethylene

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heat-resisting

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marshland; wetland; swampland

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spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking

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raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat

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