jpdb beta

several weeks; a few weeks

1

forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money

1

one's best interests; one's own good

1

home environment; family environment

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

2

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

3

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

1

seat; sheet; spreadsheet

3

suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)

1

slack; looseness; play

1

how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

1

to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

1

to search for; to seek for; to look for

1

to pretend; to feign

1

fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak

1

class; heading; group; category

2

to throw down the drain; to waste

1

takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out

2

store; shop; restaurant

1

meat pie

4

effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness

1

air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon

1

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

2

sound of operation; operation noise; running noise

2

to put up resistance

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

2

tropical night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C

1

contagion; infection

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

1

(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

2

detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material

1

to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled

1

to wipe off; to wipe up

1

choice; selection

1

resultant; consequential

1

change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state

2

to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)

3

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

1

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

3

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

1

head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

7

to draw in; to attract

1

wing (of an insect)

2

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

3

on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

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