jpdb beta

cherry blossom (colour, color)

1

fresh snow; new snow

2

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

1

smoothly; swiftly

1

myself

2

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

1

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

1

shy; bashful; timid; reserved

4

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

2

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

3

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

1

to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock

1

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

1

beginning; start; outset

2

to color; to colour; to paint; to touch up (by tracing the same image, letter, etc.)

1

printing press

1

whole book (volume); complete episode

1

solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

1

enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly

1

clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record

2

each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually

1

to toss away; to throw out

1

clean

1

to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

4

cast (of a play)

15

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

5

class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

1

work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

3

free time; time at leisure

2

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

2

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

2

coloring (in; e.g. a drawing); colouring; adding color (to)

1

imitation Japanese vellum

9

if it is not ...; if it does not ...

3

to detest; to dislike

1

mesh size of a net

1

cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively

1

flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals

1

commando unit

1

sortie; sally; attack

1

leaving (it) to others

1

crayon

4

touch; being involved in

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

1

full of; brimming with

1

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

2

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)

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