jpdb beta

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

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to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

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overwhelming

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impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)

1

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

3

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

2

large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)

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title; index; heading; headline; caption

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surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

1

sand; grit

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

2

numbering; numbering machine

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

1

mere; only; just; slight

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

2

same kind (race); homogeneousness

1

something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary

1

independence; autonomy; self-reliance

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

page

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honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil

2

gist; main point

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expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

5

highlighter; highlighter pen

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heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

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to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

1

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

1

dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine

1

continuation; succession; series

1

holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)

1

know-how

2

bright; intelligent

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

1

personal guidance; tutoring

1

unnecessary; needless

2

title

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(some) more; even more; longer; further

7

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

description; account

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

2

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

8

only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces

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