jpdb beta

lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

1

to twist off

1

wiping; drying

2

fabric; cloth; material

3

younger scholar; future reference

1

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

1

seeing; looking at

1

according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of

2

(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first

1

head

1

apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety

3

to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other

1

pace; speed; pitch (distance between evenly spaced things, e.g. gear teeth); spacing; pitch (of a sound); pitch; pitching

1

to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap

1

pure

1

strawberry

1

sand dune; sand hill

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

number of persons; personnel

1

to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

2

meanwhile; in the meantime

1

flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed

1

self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by

4

attractive body; nice-looking body

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

biceps

1

mountain range; mountain belt

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

5

heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product

1

to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish

1

even in the worst case; no matter how bad things get; whatever happens; under any circumstances

1

to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation

1

loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex

1

micron

1

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

2

youngest child

1

give-and-take; give and take

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

studying abroad; studying overseas

3

to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined

2

second half

1

wariness

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-

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