jpdb beta

city

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rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

20

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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black hair

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a certain ...; some ...

1

private house

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second floor; upstairs

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to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

3

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

5

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

2

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

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(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)

2

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

7

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

3

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

2

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

2

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

4

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

1

morning; a.m.

1

two o'clock

5

dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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(with) only the clothes one happens to wear

2

stairs; stairway; staircase

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

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entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

1

door; gate; opening; title page

6

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes

1

to glare at; to scowl at

2

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

7

butterfly net; net for catching insects

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

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summer vacation; summer holiday

3

diary; journal

5

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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there is nothing

4

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

4

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

3

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

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