jpdb beta

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

6

to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

1

to thrust away; to send flying

3

proud; elated

2

win; victory

1

step; stride; counter for steps

4

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

4

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

2

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

2

milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

2

too much; excessive; too

3

crybaby; blubberer

2

tiny; little; wee

4

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

1

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

3

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

dam

1

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

2

to twitch

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure

2

to love

2

even if; even though; although one might say; although called

3

to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture

1

small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

2

technique

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

1

maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief

1

to pretend; to act (as if)

1

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

3

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

3

but; however; although; though

1

ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

5

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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disease

4

last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage

2

patient

2

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

2

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

3

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

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