jpdb beta

bleak; chilly; dreary

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school inter-class ball-game competition

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volleyball

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soccer; seersucker

1

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

1

table tennis; ping-pong

1

first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

3

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

main gate; main entrance

1

back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means

1

path; lane

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

3

dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

1

beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

1

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

effect; result; worth; use; avail

1

legal

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

3

hey; listen

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school song

2

singing or chanting in unison

1

to be something familiar

1

humming; crooning

1

button (clothing); push-button

4

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

2

departure from office

2

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

1

saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

1

physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

1

being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

2

to frolic about; to mess around

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

1

model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

3

portrait

2

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

2

just because; even if; even though

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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fainting in agony

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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