jpdb beta

something like ...; something called ...

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approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

6

majority decision; majority vote; majority rule

2

war damage

1

to be burned out (of one's home)

1

in tatters; in pieces; wiped out

3

refugee camp

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to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

2

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

3

comminuted fracture

1

fray; frayed spot

1

to tear; to rip

2

Kobe (city)

1

round table

2

lumping together; putting all together

1

human intellect; knowledge

3

videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme

1

restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback

3

emphasis-adding particle

3

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

1

good idea; good plan

1

well then; right

1

vigorously ...; suddenly ...

1

lately; recently; these days

5

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

3

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

4

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

5

being left out; being ostracized

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

12

to engage in lively conversation

1

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

1

blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

1

by today; before the day is over

2

whole district of Kanto

2

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

6

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

5

Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)

1

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

3

strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

2

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

1

collar; lapels

12

creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

2

inverted triangle

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heroic; brave

1

front gate

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back gate

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farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then

2

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

1

to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

1