jpdb beta

mending; repair; darning; patching up

3

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

1

elbow

1

to watch steadily; to stare

4

one; one

3

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

3

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

indescribable

2

relative; relation

1

looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

1

dressing oneself; personal grooming

1

to embrace

2

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

5

to go to meet somebody

1

town council

1

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

2

treasure

2

athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

2

gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit

1

sports ground; playing field; playground

2

end; edge; tip

1

rush mat; matting; mat

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

4

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

1

foot race

1

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

1

second (in a series)

1

to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

1

another world

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

French Indochina

1

company employee; office worker; white-collar worker

1

merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

1

your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)

4

in this way; like this

2

schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus

2

to cheer (for)

1

hand-to-hand combat

1

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

1

cheer; shout of joy

1

to be touching; to be moving

1

Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

1

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

3

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

to sniffle; to snivel

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

1

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

1

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

1

land war

1

Saipan (island near Guam)

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