jpdb beta

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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slightly; faintly

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

4

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

2

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

2

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

2

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

6

friendship

1

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

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to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

3

to wrap up

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

1

that day; the very same day

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one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

temporary retirement; suspension from office

1

honor; honour; credit; prestige

2

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

2

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

3

serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

2

high class; noble

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friend

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

5

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

4

poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems

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to transcribe; to copy

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

3

unexpected; surprising

4

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

3

(taking) notes; copying

1

willowy; graceful

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slender character

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big; large; great

4

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

1

payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

1

easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive

1

practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic

1

appointing to a responsible post; making much of

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one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

2

schedule

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orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly

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afternoon; p.m.

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