jpdb beta

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

3

to push back

1

both knees

1

beginning; inception

1

just now; at this moment; at this point of time

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

4

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

2

youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

1

support; backing; aid; assistance

20

to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day

1

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

1

expressing one's mind; speaking out

2

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

2

sleepover; overnight stay

6

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

2

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

2

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

11

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

ringtone

1

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

5

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

Saturday

5

staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

1

dining table

2

lidded plastic container; Tupperware

1

broth; soup (esp. miso soup)

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

3

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

welcome home

6

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

1

hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep

1

ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)

1

to shrug one's shoulders

3

dining; dining room; meal

1

to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

2

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

3

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

4

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

3

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

3

worry; anxiety; concern

2

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

5

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

2

well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)

1

to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

2

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1

Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)

1

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

Italy

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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