jpdb beta

new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer

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all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

police superintendent

4

career bureaucrats

2

fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

1

senior superintendent; police inspector

1

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

2

rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing

1

having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret

1

(social) class; rank; grade

2

honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

2

distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

1

offence; offense; hindrance

1

visit to a grave

2

for dear life; barely escaping alive

2

protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet

2

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

1

sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy

2

accidental death

4

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

1

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

2

to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

3

register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster

2

(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

1

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

2

disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide

1

to do

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

4

limited; limiting; restrictive

4

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

8

to look upwards; to look up

1

pace; step; cadence

4

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

2

not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for

4

kite

3

octopus; octopus regulator; alternate second-stage air pressure regulator used as an alternative air source in an emergency

1

course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment

3

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

1

timid; faint of heart

1

skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

1

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

1

king

1

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

3

checkmate

1

trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)

1

zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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