jpdb beta

mid-year gift; summer gift

2

lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

1

Calpis (Japanese milk-based soft drink)

6

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

oolong tea

2

endurance contest; test of endurance

1

to conceal; to hide

4

slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down

2

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

2

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

to get between; to be caught in

2

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

2

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

1

comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock

6

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

6

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

6

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

2

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

4

this month

2

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

3

to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

2

tense

1

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

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

to reason; to sum up; to conclude

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

1

to drink in one gulp

1

soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

2

quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

10

to cast a shadow

3

window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

2

retainer; retinue; servant

1

crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

2

whichever one chooses; either way

4

to keep silent

3

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

6

to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing

3

suspicion; charge

1

point in time; occasion

2

murder; homicide; manslaughter

6

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

2

connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within

2

things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

7

right end; right edge

1

like this; this sort; this way

2

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

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