jpdb beta

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

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to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

4

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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instigation; flattery

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

1

camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

1

academy; academia

1

cram school; private tutoring school

1

wheelchair

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

6

next year

5

taking a junior high-school entrance examination

1

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

4

meeting; greeting; welcome

3

job; work; duties; trade; skill

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

5

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

1

rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

1

treating someone like a child

2

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

7

private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

8

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

way; method; means; resource; course

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adult man

1

hand; hands

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

8

double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

2

insufficient study

1

tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean

1

an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push

1

tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

5

shower

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

7

leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)

1

curtain; curtains

2

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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missing a meal

1

to thank

4

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

7

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

3

yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

4

while in class

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all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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