jpdb beta

to smile (at someone)

2

feather; plume; plumage; down

1

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

1

smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky

1

feel (of a material); texture

1

for example

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dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)

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orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

1

navel; belly button

1

classification; categorization; sorting

2

mammal; mammalian

2

(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

2

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

2

life story; personal narrative; story of one's life

1

to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation

1

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

29

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

1

random; aimless

1

by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

4

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

to chase around

2

to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

1

irresponsibility

1

comfort; consolation; diversion

2

encouragement; cheering on

1

to whine; to make feeble complaints

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

bad habit; bad habits

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

2

to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone

1

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

3

reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

1

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

1

chuckle; giggle

1

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

3

disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

15

likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness

1

love song

2

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

12

ballad

1

instrumental trio

1

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

2

to mark the end; to spell the end

2

to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

4

having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

3

magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand

1

meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor

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