jpdb beta

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

3

the whole town

1

love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland

1

calligraphy

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Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

1

upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

1

miniature

2

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

1

to call the roll; to take attendance

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

pension (esp. public servant's); (arch.) a lord giving a land holding to a vassal

1

together with ...

1

recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)

1

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

1

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

1

term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

2

bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

3

technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional

1

missing; lacking

3

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

oneself; myself

2

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

3

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

several hundreds

1

out-of-body experience

1

gloomy; obscure

3

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

1

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

3

to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears

1

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

3

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

1

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

1

to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

1

rubber thongs; rubber flip-flops

1

faint smile

1

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

8

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

1

cone; corn

1

itchy

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floor exercises

2

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

3

obstacle race

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skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones

1

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

3

to hold up in one's arms

3

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

2

small mustache; short mustache

4

speck; fleck

3

laughing matter

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