jpdb beta

children's book

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selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell

2

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

comic; comics; comic opera; comic; comical

1

knowledge; information

2

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

everything; anything; nothing

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

3

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

1

soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

the front; honest; upright; decent

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

2

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

good grief

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

1

to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

life; living; I; me; student

1

contemporary writing; modern text; modern Japanese writing; modern Japanese (as a school subject); literature written since the Meiji period

1

reading comprehension

1

guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer

1

ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period

1

smoothly; easily; readily

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

2

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

1

overriding principle; main principle; great principle

1

lucky omen; happy; auspicious

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

1

to feel ashamed

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

2

shoulder

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

2

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

1

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

2

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

a bit more; a bit longer

2

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary

4

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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