jpdb beta

(writing, painting) brush

1

eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

1

secrecy; highly classified information

1

retention; maintenance; preservation

2

anonymity

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

5

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

6

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

2

taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole

1

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

1

serialization; serialisation; serial story

1

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

5

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

3

fate; destiny; lot

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

2

preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

2

to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy

1

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

3

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

3

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

in the same way as; just like

1

(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

2

to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care

1

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

1

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

3

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

7

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

5

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

speaking tube; voice pipe

2

to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

8

castle tower; keep; donjon

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

3

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

rarely; seldom

1

to walk in on; to tread upon

3

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

2

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1

three; three years of age

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