jpdb beta

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

2

primary school; elementary school; grade school

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teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

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classmate

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

5

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

1

meaningless; pointless

3

principal; headmaster

1

being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

1

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

mother; wife

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

2

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

1

pedal

1

changing schools

2

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

1

while in class

1

back (of body)

1

to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

1

arm; skill; efforts; ability

4

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

5

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

7

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

3

slap; smack; spanking

1

imagination; supposition; guess

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

1

assistance; backing; reinforcements

1

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

to tear off; to rip off

4

to scratch; to claw

2

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

2

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

6

don't worry about it; forget about it

2

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

1

as a child; when one was a child

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

5

huge; gigantic; enormous

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silhouette

2

to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

2

one hand

2

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

2

baby; infant

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