jpdb beta

optimist; easy-going person

1

appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting

3

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

1

huge mound; heap; pile

1

visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

1

inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

1

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

3

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

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being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

2

radius

2

within; inside of; less than

1

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

1

tissue; facial tissue

3

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

1

assassination

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

1

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

4

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

2

day after day; day by day

1

happy family get-together

1

on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

1

two classes; double; two sets

1

animal passions; carnal desire; lust

1

established fact; fait accompli

1

suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

2

to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

4

Kansai dialect

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bridegroom

1

bride

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entrance; admission; entering

2

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

4

innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

3

oath; vow

2

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

Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre

1

Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ

1

rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

1

because; since

1

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

2

to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone

1

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

1

Hong Kong; Hongkong

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mafia

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robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

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