jpdb beta

(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

1

being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed

1

the way one works; one's working manner

1

younger child

1

queen; female champion

2

beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture

1

to fill a bottle

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

1

dinner; evening meal

1

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

determination; resolution

1

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

1

gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

1

parcel; package

4

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

to shrug one's shoulders

1

response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching

2

shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)

2

distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

1

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

instrumental duet; instrumental duo

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

apology; excuse

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

2

to summon courage; to be brave

1

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

1

in large drops

1

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

2

sense of loss; feeling of loss

1

to date; as of now

1

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

2

marrons glacés

12

Japanese (language)

1

preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar

1

concentration; thickness; density; cardinality

1

frosting (e.g. on a cake); icing

1

stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

1

for example

1

to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

1

marshmallow

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marshmallow

2

orthodox school

1