jpdb beta

short (of a person)

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height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

2

bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait

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an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

1

in proportion to; just as much as

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navel; belly button

1

full view; plain sight; completely visible

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

name plate; name tag; label

1

shorts; short pants

1

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

1

leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters

1

the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

1

bloomers; (girls') gym shorts

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

plump; chubby; voluptuous

1

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

1

bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers

2

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

1

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

1

costume

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

2

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

2

back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument

2

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

2

shyness; bashfulness; shame

1

favour; favor

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

a certain ...; some ...

1

be; is

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

5

manifestation

1

skill

1

almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

2

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

1

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

1

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

to turn a somersault

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to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)

2

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

2

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

set one's teeth on edge

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punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

4

protest; refutation; pleading

1

to look stern

1

emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

1

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

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