jpdb beta

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

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to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

2

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

2

weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs

1

bookmark; guidebook

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

spinal reflex

1

experience

1

to cultivate; to foster

1

instinct

1

to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn

1

aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

2

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

8

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

3

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

traditional; conventional

1

game; match; contest

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

2

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

(room) heater; stove

1

heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold

1

layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another

1

daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

1

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

1

to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together

1

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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to eat

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boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

1

drinking

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

1

shriek; scream

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unbelievable

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dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

4

heatstroke

1

corpse; dead person

3

leaving a club; quitting a club

2

game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system

1

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

1

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

4

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

4

little girl

2

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

2

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

you; I; me; oneself

2

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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