jpdb beta

meaning; significance; sense

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what on Earth is this?

1

date and time

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

damage

1

tessellated; tessellar; mosaic

1

viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

1

ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge

1

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

1

winter

3

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

1

pattern; design

3

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

2

concentric circles

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

2

enumeration; citation; listing

1

to shine; to glitter

3

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

to cover fully; to wrap around

2

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

3

cage; pen; (jail) cell

4

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

2

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days

1

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

33

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

2

one hour

1

fifty; 50

1

temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

1

eleven o'clock

2

announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

1

all over Japan; throughout Japan

1

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

2

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

taxi

2

back seat (of a car); rear seat

2

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

2

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

5

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

5

age 10

1

older; senior

1

different mother

3

second (unit of time); arc second

4

to keep (a person) waiting

1

reply; answer; response

2

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

witch

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