jpdb beta

by today; before the day is over

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sulfur (S); sulphur

3

ultimate goal

1

Marianas

2

Pacific War (1941-1945)

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Japan and the United States; Japanese-American

2

both armies; both teams; both sides

1

week

1

last week; the week before

1

paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

1

rooftop

2

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

1

skylight; head

1

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

to increase (all the more)

1

fate; destiny

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

technical; practical

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

1

point in time; occasion

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

1

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

forelock; bangs

1

sounds

1

stairwell; stair hall; staircase

1

along the wall

1

to paint over heavily; to plaster up

1

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

1

vinyl

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

2

candy; sweets

1

one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

1

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

dispersing; breaking up; running away

1

totteringly; trudgingly

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

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

1

same age

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

ten years; decade

1