jpdb beta

folding one's arms

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order; sequence; procedure

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

such; this sort of; like this

1

difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap

1

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

1

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

1

ideal

1

(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

1

this world; this life; world of the living

2

to pile up; to accumulate

2

start

1

first step

1

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

1

step; stride; counter for steps

2

kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

1

summer solstice

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

2

rear

18

months (period of)

2

February; second month of the lunar calendar

2

end of school year

1

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

corner; nook; recess

1

at times; occasionally

1

unrealistic

1

stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

1

greedy

1

hmm; I see; hrm

4

the staff; inside the department

1

sum total; total amount

1

minority

1

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

1

importance; gravity

1

hereabouts; around here

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

slow; weak-headed

1

limit; bound

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

3

to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

2

ability; faculty

3

master; teacher; stable master

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

before meals

1

stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do

1

to get back together (with a former partner)

1