jpdb beta

choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub

1

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

3

first-class goods

1

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

4

distance; range

1

to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

reduction by half; halving

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

1

until now; so far; up to the present

2

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

to polish up; to shine up

1

only; nothing but

1

(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey

2

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

1

return; welcome home

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1

miso soup

1

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

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

1

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

1

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

2

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

4

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

6

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

6

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

2

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

1

ex-serviceman; veteran

2

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

2

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

1

data; datum

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

debut match; debut fight; debut race

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

1

win; victory

1

future (usually near); prospects

1

(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on

1