jpdb beta

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

2

award ceremony; prize-giving

1

lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting

3

lottery (event); raffle; draw

1

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

1

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

1

cigar

1

Leo (constellation); the Lion

3

first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person

1

vulture; condor

1

insurance; guarantee; warranty

1

king of beasts (i.e. lion)

2

cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters); cockerel; rooster

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to be free; to be available

1

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)

1

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made

2

nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same

1

breast meat (usu. of chicken); breast; white meat

1

leg (meat); round; ham

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

roar; sound made by monsters

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gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike

2

thumbnail

1

to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

1

O; o

1

to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

2

toot (trumpeting sound of an elephant); pawoo

1

ad lib; ad-lib

1

luckily

1

it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written

1

transliteration; phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters; reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)

1

bursting with juice; oozing with savory juices (esp. when bitten); with a gloss (e.g. makeup); with shine; sleekily

1

Ultraman (from famous Japanese tokusatsu Ultra Series drama)

2

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

2

august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine

2

paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring

1

voice training; vocal exercises

1

extraordinary; uncommon

1

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

1

complicity

1

subdivision

1

to become pale; to turn pale

2

boxer briefs; tight boxers

2

honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter

3

privacy

1

human rights; civil liberties

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