jpdb beta

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

2

starving tiger

2

lower floor

2

large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)

1

surface of a wall

2

piece

2

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap

1

twins; twin

1

clown

18

enemy side

2

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

24

crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp

1

friendship; amity

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit

2

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

1

to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted

1

the last moment; the very end

4

feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted

1

to have a hard time of it

1

miniature garden

1

wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing

1

human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings

1

nomad

1

Kassim

1

astrologer

1

holy sword; sacred sword

7

firedrake

1

prisoner; convict

1

lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

5

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

dim; dusky; gloomy

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

suffering (as a result of maltreatment)

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

meow; miaow

2

essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

1

to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

1

to indicate; to show; to point to

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

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to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

9

film; membrane

5

demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)

2

series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary

2

classification; categorization; sorting

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