jpdb beta

hard struggle; strenuous effort

1

performer; entertainer; celebrity

1

person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc.)

1

amorous rumour (rumor); romantic gossip

1

tee-hee

1

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

to shrug one's shoulders

1

location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)

2

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

2

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

throbbing (pain); pounding

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

1

entrance; front door

1

leather shoes; leather boots

1

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

2

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

to go fishing

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(fish) biting at every cast

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sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

2

vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce

4

deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter

2

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

dinner; evening meal

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

3

fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

1

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

1

rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients

2

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

washroom; bathroom

1

toothbrush

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shaving cream

1

electrically powered; electric

1

razor

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official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank

12

supporting performance; playing a supporting role

1

top university; leading university; first-rate university

1

person working in the television industry

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high school graduate

1

AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)

1

to work one's way up

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worldly-wise man

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(brother and sister) born of a different mother

1

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

2