jpdb beta

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

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(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

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beautification; glorification

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committee member

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

3

school term; semester

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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within a school

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cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

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(committee) chairman; president

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assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

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one by one; one at a time; in turn

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raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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and then; and so; and; so then

3

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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

2

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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target

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discovery; detection; finding

2

to be sullen; to be offended; to be stuffy; to be stifling; slowly (exhaling smoke)

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self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward

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recommendation (by others)

2

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

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isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

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tentative plan; draft plan

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half

3

ah; oh; hey!

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to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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great majority

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

3

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

2

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

3

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

2

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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books

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preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

after the end (of something); post-

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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palm (of one's hand)

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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