jpdb beta

Hong Kong

2

to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise

1

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

2

entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall

2

(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person

2

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)

3

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

3

very close friend; bosom friend

1

apprentice; shop boy

1

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

weak (market); bearish; soft (tone, focus) (photography)

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

4

missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess

4

nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

3

carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

4

to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate; to stroke; to rub

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

13

a little bit; a little while

8

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

10

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

8

on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid

9

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

2

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

6

seventeen; 17

3

underdevelopment; poor development; maldevelopment; decreased growth; failure to thrive

1

build; physique; appearance

1

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

1

courtier

1

growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

1

ochre; ocher

2

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

10

light makeup; light covering of snow; dusting of snow

2

outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

4

entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings

7

stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

condition; figure; appearance; voice

8

riverside fish market

4

breakfast

4

one's principal residence; main home

4

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

2

company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

4

people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)

5

to telephone; to make a phone call

16

projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out

8

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

12

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

2

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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