jpdb beta

rival; competitor; competition

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bilge water

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

2

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

3

spacious; vast; wide

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

1

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

3

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

2

(marriage) proposal

1

outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

something like ...; something called ...

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to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

2

our

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snake

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group; body; party; company; troupe; gang

12

good boy; good girl

2

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

victory; triumph; win; conquest; success

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

3

performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

1

one of these days; someday; one day

1

that day; the very same day

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

1

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

3

wall; fence

4

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

1

honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

1

great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

1

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

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attendant; companion

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

2

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

1

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho

1

all; everyone; everybody

6

attendance (at school); going to school

1

too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

1