jpdb beta

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

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

1

(romantic) love

1

another attempt; another try; second attempt

1

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

1

inconvenient

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to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

1

no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said

2

interior; inside; internal

5

positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)

2

to hide; to conceal oneself

1

full view; plain sight; completely visible

2

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

1

as you see; as you can see

2

profitable plan; good plan

2

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

4

black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface

2

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

1

day after day; day by day

1

(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

9

(the extent of) one's vocabulary

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

2

weakest

1

unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

2

losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)

1

backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

2

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

3

to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy

1

friction; discord; strife

2

dissonance; discord

1

tear gland; lacrimal gland

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

1

survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat

2

overall; on the whole

2

to hang; to dangle

1

to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)

2

headquarters; head office; main office

1

group; party; team; squad; section

2

target group; target persons

1

continuation

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university (college) professor

2

-years-old

1

tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart

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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