jpdb beta

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

3

downer (dispiriting person or thing); killjoy; gloomy feeling; downer (drug; esp. a barbiturate); depressant

1

to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

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to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

2

bank; weir; embankment; levee

2

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

7

shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

3

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

1

to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...

2

to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed

2

number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.

2

riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

7

careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

3

two o'clock

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

2

to begin talking; to open up

2

so far as

3

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

5

service; duty; work

1

favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

6

aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective

9

first impression

8

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works

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way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

3

to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

3

overall

2

success rate

3

targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (in mahjong, go, etc.)

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

2

individual; separate; personal; case-by-case

2

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

1

trivial; not amounting to much

4

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

6

notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal

1

true friendship

2

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

7

branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family

5

son; punk; brat; penis

1

head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace

12

son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

2

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

2

weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

4

half past (the hour)

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

11

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture

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