jpdb beta

(relating to) gender; sex; sexual

1

glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

2

porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics

3

to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

1

serious condition; critical condition

5

Zoruta-n

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betting; gambling

1

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

5

gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin

2

ancestor; forefather; foremother

9

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

2

certainty

2

to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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worthy of special mention

1

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

4

chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness

2

taste; liking; preference

2

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

6

mercilessly; ruthlessly

1

good sense

7

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

6

blood vessel; blood relationship

2

pollution; contamination; corruption; graft

1

prime; conspicuous

3

desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world

1

to get sleep; to sleep

1

in fact

2

erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

6

personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion

1

beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable

1

uninteresting

1

establishing oneself in life; success in life

1

sadism

1

eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

1

insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance

1

in general; generally; usually

2

evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

2

setting on fire; setting afire

2

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

2

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin

2

young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic

1

to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

1

Dannis; Deniss; Deniz; Dennis; Denys

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cooperative; helpful

2

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

2

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis

2