jpdb beta

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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secret; private; surreptitious

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

3

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

3

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

2

natural enemy

1

Northern white-faced owl

1

how; in what way; by what means

3

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

3

to take off one's glasses

1

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

5

cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

2

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

3

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

2

to wear glasses; to put on glasses

2

curt; blunt; brusque

2

radio programme; radio program

2

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

3

to get a phone call

1

to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself

1

puberty; adolescence

3

listener

1

with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

3

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

5

isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

5

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

3

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

2

imagination; supposition; guess

18

difficult; hard

1

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

2

writhing (in agony)

1

luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright

3

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

2

one beat

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

6

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

1

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

1

mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

6

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

3

the very thing; itself

6

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

1

to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away

1

exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

9

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

2