jpdb beta

front; frontage; facade; main

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these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

1

having thin hair

2

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

3

third-year student

1

major subject; special study

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

3

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

1

the same age

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

8

home area; home town; local

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

6

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

14

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

2

private university

1

study; research; investigation

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cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

4

genius; prodigy; natural gift

9

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

2

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

2

suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

2

outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

1

professor; teaching; instruction

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to do

3

study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)

6

computer

4

(key to) solution

4

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

8

late at night

4

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

pencil

4

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

4

retreating figure; appearance from behind

5

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

human relations; personal relationships

2

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

1

stress

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

2

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

4

difficult to approach; inaccessible

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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