jpdb beta

no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

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bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

3

evening meal; dinner

2

with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

2

good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty

1

the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

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hard; tough; hardware; hard disk

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

2

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

2

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

1

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

plural; multiple; several

1

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

1

(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice

1

delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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softly; mildly; gently; politely

1

declaration; statement

1

group member

1

to swell up

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

2

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

2

I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words

1

to rule; to govern; to administer

1

university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...

1

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

1

advocacy of war

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

1

aggression; invasion; raid

2

pacifism

1

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

1

sparks

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

1

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

use of force

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

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