jpdb beta

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3

public works

1

children; kids

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

green; greenery; verdure

4

brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend

3

Abel; Abell

1

with a gulp; gulping down (e.g. by a baby); swallowing

1

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

1

reply; answer; response

3

manufacture; production

1

dark matter

1

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

6

very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular

3

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

1

terror; terrorism

1

(sense of) taste; palate

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

2

this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)

1

one (thing); one piece; one item

1

Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

to return; to come back

1

washing machine; (clothes) washer

1

throne

2

private secretary

2

report; information

2

to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)

1

half day

1

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses

2

to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

1

pupil (of the eye); one's eyes

5

cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness

1

behind one's back

1

madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits

1

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

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to wear glasses; to put on glasses

5

somewhere; in some respects; in some way

5

no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

12

if it's the case

1

semi-; quasi-; associate

1

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)

8

military force; military strength

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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