jpdb beta

seventeen; 17

2

... years old; age (of) ...

7

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

1

index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe

2

to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)

1

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)

4

brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

2

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

3

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

3

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned

3

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

1

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

2

cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

1

to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward

3

karaoke

1

demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

2

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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arrival

4

examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier

2

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

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beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man

7

group; mass

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

5

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

3

oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!

3

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

4

day before yesterday

1

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

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mike; mic; microphone

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

2

tambourine

1

maracas

1

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

technique

1

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

1

these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour

1

perfect; complete; flawless

6

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

3

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

4

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

2

reply; answer

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