jpdb beta

under the eaves

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complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective

1

hexagon

3

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1

lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation

1

aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell

2

soft; weak

1

to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

2

stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

2

although; but; even though; I wish that

1

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

settlement; conclusion; summary

1

use; service; purpose

3

extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly

1

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

1

tea leaf; tea leaves

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

1

vertical and horizontal; warp and weft (weaving); warp and woof

1

same level; same extent

1

pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction

1

anthill

15

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

sense of color; sense of colour

1

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

blackish; dark

1

cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning

1

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

1

nesting hole; burrow; den

2

inundating a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply

3

the same generation; coeval

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

1

various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)

1

nest-building; making a hive, web, den, etc.

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

termite; white ant

4

long time

1

first thing in the morning

1

to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle

2

what sort of; what kind of; what way

1

ball of mud; dirt ball

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

2

to blacken; to darken

1

unanticipated; unexpected

2

focusing (e.g. light); convergence

4

to feel ashamed

1

separate day; another day

1

time limit

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