jpdb beta

contrastive

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exactly opposite (of)

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

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with a friendly grin; smilingly

2

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

2

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

3

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

1

electric current

2

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

5

carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate

1

coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

2

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

4

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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to clap

3

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

5

efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

1

unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy

2

deed; act

1

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

2

only; merely; but; no more than

2

to be worried; to be troubled

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really; truly

4

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

4

freedom; liberty

1

trivial; not amounting to much

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

3

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

4

to make an appearance

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

2

(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

1

button (clothing); push-button

1

starting point; origin

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

2

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

2

greeting; a fine thing to say

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

2

bluff

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tomboy

1

to lose one's way; to get lost

1

to be reduced to ...

5

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

1