jpdb beta

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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just past noon; afternoon

2

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

3

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

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evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

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direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

2

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

news; word; tidings; omen

3

afternoon; p.m.

4

rear guard

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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these

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beforehand; in advance; previously

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to rush back; to run back

2

number; amount

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gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

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alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

6

front line; forefront

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

2

concern; interest

1

second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

1

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

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evening; dusk

1

oh; ah

3

(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

4

southeast

1

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

5

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

5

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

4

throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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main force; chief object; mainline

5

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

2

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

2

secret messenger

6

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

3

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

2

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

6

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

2

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

3

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

2

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

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