jpdb beta

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

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departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

1

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

2

the whole sky

4

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

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equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck

2

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

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patterns of thinking; train of thought

1

launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party

1

fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act

2

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

1

conclusion; completion

2

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

4

source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)

1

short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling

1

(circuit) breaker

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

3

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

1

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

memory; sense; experience

1

sign; signal; cue

4

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

1

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

2

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

5

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

2

I see; that's right; indeed

5

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

3

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

3

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

2

in sign of; in proof of

1

breathtaking

1

night view; night skyline; nightscape

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

4

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

1

easy to understand

2

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

3

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

2

nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

2

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

2

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

4

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

2

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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