jpdb beta

awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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lunch box

4

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

4

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

2

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

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juice

2

being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy

4

to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

2

fat (of meat); fatty meat

1

peach (Prunus persica)

1

to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

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two times; twice; two degrees

4

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

3

to hold in one's mouth

2

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

4

to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

4

preparation for a lesson

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

1

meow; miaow

1

to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

1

preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

1

chilled; tilde

1

low temperature

1

high temperature

1

frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

1

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

8

opening; gap; dried and opened fish

1

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

1

finish; finishing; finishing touches

1

a little; a bit; slightly

1

sesame oil

3

to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

1

to solicit; to demand; to extort

1

student number (for seating, etc. in class)

1

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

very likely; very probable

1

example; exercise (for the reader)

1

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

1

disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

3

to scoop up; to dip up

1

regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)

3

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

1

to burn; to get fired up

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to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

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