jpdb beta

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

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period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

1

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

2

to step firmly; to harden by treading

2

fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously

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to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

2

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

swoon; faint

1

lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

6

rope

5

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

1

safety; security

8

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

6

lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

3

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

2

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

2

camera

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

2

mortar; plaster; stucco

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

4

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

3

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

to be the case that

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west

2

paints; painting material

3

diameter

2

centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental

8

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

6

outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag

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meditation; contemplation

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

3

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

2

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

1

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

to ponder; to brood

3

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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to be lacking in options; to be too few

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almost; nearly; close to

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to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

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