jpdb beta

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

protest; objection

1

to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

1

forked (road, river)

3

last month

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debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi

1

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

1

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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tax yields; revenue

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

2

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

3

magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio

1

handful; small amount; small number

1

from there; thence

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tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

2

peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity

2

understood; I see; OK; present; here

6

mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

1

to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about

1

being good at cooking; good cook

1

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

2

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

1

to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)

1

unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm

1

announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

3

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

1

every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

1

season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)

1

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

2

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

news programme; news program

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to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized

1

outward appearance

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to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills

1

talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

1

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1