jpdb beta

smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

2

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

2

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

5

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

1

no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt

3

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

4

being on the ropes; losing ground

1

rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights

1

shorter way; shortcut

1

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

1

dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)

1

outsider; layman; amateur

1

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

1

breathing techniques; breath control

1

check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche

1

it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

1

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

4

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

1

conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch

2

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

3

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point

3

war or military record; score; military achievements; results

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

during the war

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

5

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

2

17th day of the month; 17 days

1

midterm (mid-semester) test or exam

2

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

1

to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)

2

schedule; program; programme; agenda

1

two weeks; fortnight

1

completely; fully; entirely

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

stone lantern

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