jpdb beta

way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

1

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

5

comb

6

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

2

finish; end; completion; result

2

to smirk; to grin broadly

2

twice

3

crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching

1

tomboy

1

the scruff or nape of the neck

2

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

13

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

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compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

1

lesson

1

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

4

hold

1

to dissolve; to melt

3

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

6

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

2

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

2

lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

4

silence; stillness; quietness

1

to be (doing)

2

evil spirit; demon; devil

2

like; as if; the same as

4

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

9

to finish; to graduate

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

12

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

3

gender; distinction of sex; sex

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

1

amoeba

1

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

3

evolution; progress

2

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

2

from now on; hereafter

3

every day

4

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

16

Mr (junior); master; boy

2

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

9

noon; midday

1

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

2

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

29

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

terrain; geographical features; topography

9

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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