jpdb beta

to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

1

second marriage; remarriage

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy

1

to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

2

small; little; tiny

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

2

forcibly; against one's will

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

2

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

5

series of battles; successive battles

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

3

to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited

1

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

2

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

2

faltering; hesitation

1

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

2

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

1

person

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

1

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

with a smile

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down

1

to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

1

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

1

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

1

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

root of all evil

1

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

root; source; origin; cause

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

2

cause; origin; source

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