jpdb beta

calm (at sea); lull

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woman; female; feminine gender

2

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2

leather

2

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

2

weighting (in averaging); aggravation

1

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

2

safety boots; safety shoes; steel-toe boots

2

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

3

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

same generation; one's generation

1

nickname

1

to settle (in a place); to settle down

1

middle-school student

1

new species; new variety

1

stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

1

crime; offence; offense

1

to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

2

I can tell you; heh

1

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

1

touch; contact

1

I appreciate your efforts

1

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

1

stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

1

borrowing; debt; loan

1

plaintive; piteous; doleful

1

about this time

3

juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution

1

mental hospital

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

2

bridge

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

2

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

never again

3

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

molars; back teeth

3

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

5

density

1

to increase; to grow

1

darkness

3

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

2

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

canned tuna (from sea chicken, orig. a brand name)

2

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

6

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

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