jpdb beta

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

tusk; fang

1

should do; ought to do

1

messenger; envoy; emissary

1

to collect; to assemble; to gather

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

closely-guarded secret; top secret

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your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

(doing) together

1

eloquence; fluency (of speech)

1

person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

occurrence; happening; incident; event

1

in succession; one after another

1

lately; recently; these days

3

exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

1

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

1

to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry

1

wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)

1

moment; brief space of time

1

to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)

1

silence; stillness; quietness

1

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

1

to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth

1

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

corner; nook

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acquaintance

2

to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

2

acquaintance

1

to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

1

rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice

2

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

1

world; society; people; the public

1

genuine; authentic; true; real

1

to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified

1

what sort; what kind

3

at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill

1

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

1

that person; that gentleman; that lady

1

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

3

popular name; common name; given name

1

another; different; something else

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to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

1

individual; private person; personal; natural person

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