jpdb beta

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

1

first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least

2

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

1

glancing (look)

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(one's) pay; wages

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

hating; strongly disliking

1

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

cut; reduction; curtailment

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

1

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

2

ten years; decade

1

to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

8

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

1

business; work; operations; service; duties

1

magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

1

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

cuckoo

1

to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

admiration; being impressed (by)

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

2

since when; from when; how long

1

first day; opening day

1

(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes

1

to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

1

health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell

2

good for the health; healthy; wholesome

1

medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)

17

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

1

present; gift

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

1

fundamental; basic

1

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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