jpdb beta

professor; teaching; instruction

1

great help

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

identification; background check; identity confirmation

1

late at night; at a late hour

1

24 hours; twenty-four hours

3

unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad

1

(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)

1

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

2

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

2

seven colours (of the rainbow); prismatic colors; blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)

1

colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows

2

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

8

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

1

to hide oneself

6

glancing (look)

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

3

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

5

identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly

1

weightlessness; zero gravity

1

source of information; intelligence source; message source

3

unrelated

4

magical; voodoo; magic

26

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

4

rare item; rarity

1

to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)

1

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

2

depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)

3

visiting or office hours

3

leaving unfinished; unfinished ending

1

point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection

1

matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue

1

to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)

1

in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (lit.) (in groups of) threes and fives

1

returning home; going home; coming home; getting home

2

early on; earlier on; from early

1

fixed; obvious; commonplace

2

visiting room; visitation room

1

dim; gloomy

2

to seize (secure) evidence

2

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

2

keeping well (of food); keeping for a long time

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

2

to knead into

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sugar

2

(cow's) milk

1

slightly heavy; a little heavy

1

cream; ice cream

1

confectioner; confectionery; candy store

2