jpdb beta

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

3

the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

2

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

4

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

4

bell; bel; B

2

number; series of digits

2

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

2

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

2

how many times?

2

first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address

1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

2

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

6

Saturday

1

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

even though; despite; when

2

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

2

last year

2

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

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private high school

1

admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

1

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

2

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

4

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

January; first month of the lunar calendar

3

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

3

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

3

living by oneself; living alone

2

senior high school student

3

rather; better

1

junior high school student; middle school pupil

2

relative; relation; kin

1

then; if so; if

1

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

only; nothing but

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

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