jpdb beta

one person's portion

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shark fin

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swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

3

four thousand; 4,000

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crab

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petty; trifling

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delicious; skillful; skilled; expert

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eating like a dog; eating greedily with one's head down; sloppy eating; (arch.) dogfighting

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formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

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table manners

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with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well

4

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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trip; excursion; (drug) trip; entering another world (in fantasy fiction); tripcode (hash code of a password, used for signing posts anonymously on imageboards)

2

thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...

1

to dream (of)

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to lean against; to set against

4

artist; painter; illustrator

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dinner (esp. a formal one)

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English letter; alphabetic character

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older brother; elder brother

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to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

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to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

2

big; large; great

2

poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches

1

guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange

6

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

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to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

4

wailing; lamentation

5

favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence

1

to eat up (in no time); to gobble up; to make short work of; to put away

1

treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food

6

(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal

1

second offense; second offence; reoffending; recidivism

1

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

1

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified

1

presentation (e.g. of a gift)

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

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presenting (to)

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rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite

3

to take one's eyes off

5

instead; but (on the other hand)

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce

2

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

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cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

3

only once

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