jpdb beta

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

5

acquisition of a qualification

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to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

6

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

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cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

exemption; exoneration; discharge

2

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

3

sports-minded; sports-oriented

5

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

5

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

3

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

3

detailed; minute

2

road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism

3

sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged

4

to project; to stick out; to stand out

2

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

2

season; time of year

3

grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)

3

natural product; product of nature

1

(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times

1

drying; dried

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shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake

1

perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

1

pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar

3

mushroom bed

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block (of wood); chip; splinter

4

sawdust

4

fungal filament; hypha; hyphae

2

source of nutrients

2

culture medium; growth medium

2

humidity

3

Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

1

lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

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while being out of the office or away from home

1

toadstool; poisonous mushroom

5

water quality

4

gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

5

column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)

1

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

8

pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects

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(water) leak

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water filter; water purification system

3

boiling up

1

pouring; injection

1

orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing

1

flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple

2

planter (container)

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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sesame seed

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