jpdb beta

metre; meter; meter; gauge

2

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

6

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

3

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

3

plural; multiple; several

1

to chase around

2

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

3

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

3

to return; to come back

2

high; high school

1

elite

1

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

1

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

1

doping

1

normally; habitually

6

go that far; to that extent

5

inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

1

to break; to smash

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

4

work; job; labor; work

5

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out

1

spittoon

1

to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

4

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

2

like that; so

3

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

7

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

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high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

1

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

2

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

to grow up; to become an adult

1

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

1

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

11

showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

1

dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic

3

agricultural community; farm village; rural

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

tension; strain

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

3

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

1

yawn; yawning

2

among (them); of (them)

2

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

stone statue

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