jpdb beta

to play with; to toy with; to tease

1

sad; melancholy

2

full-course dinner; multicourse meal

1

cousin (female)

2

appreciation; admiration; enjoyment

1

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)

1

virtual

2

brick and mortar bookstore

1

at that time; that time

1

rapid growth

1

growth process

1

embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill

1

pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner

1

cremation

5

burial; interment

2

ghost

1

sweet; sugary

1

not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong

1

to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

1

briefing

2

disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

1

galaxy of able persons; collection of intellectuals

1

combination (e.g. of foodstuffs); dovetailing; fitting together

2

flight; absconding

2

to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

1

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

5

adult organism; imago

1

hold

4

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

5

awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

1

demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

3

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

4

condition; state of preservation

3

to be scared

3

strategy; tactics

1

user identification; user id

2

bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

2

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

2

since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now

6

one's duty; vocation

2

smallish; on the small side

3

as soon as possible; ASAP

1

long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)

1

reading comprehension

1

to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)

1

source; beginning; origin

1

how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

3

Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

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