jpdb beta

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

2

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

6

to pamper; to spoil

2

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

2

peaceful resolution

1

to crawl out of; to creep out of

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crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something

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when; at what point

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to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

4

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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reluctantly; unwillingly

2

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

2

to strip; to peel; to tear off

2

(ship's) launching

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to keep balance

2

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

2

gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

2

dorsal fin

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beach sandals; flip-flops; thongs; pluggers; jandals

1

treading water

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off the coast; offshore; out at sea

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wave-dissipating concrete block; tetrapod

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offshore breakwater

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cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead

1

bank; coast; shore

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to push back

3

open sea; Okinawa

2

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

2

heartbeat

2

shivering; trembling

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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); to be delivered

5

fin (e.g. of a fish)

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horizon (related to bodies of water)

3

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

6

splish-splash; with a splash

1

to pour on

3

to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

1

to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)

1

back of the hand

5

new (musical) composition; new piece; new song

7

being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind

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food

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going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing

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shopping bag

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bang; slam; thud; crash

1

to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

1

very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

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towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket

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