jpdb beta

serious look (on one's face); straight face

1

to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar

1

to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)

1

publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

1

minimum; at the very least

3

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

5

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

2

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

6

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

2

power; authority; jurisdiction

2

confusion; distraction; derangement

1

strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

1

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

1

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

1

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

3

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

2

means; method

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

4

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

18

tall figure; high stature

2

like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

7

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

3

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

17

many obstacles; innumerable difficulties

2

to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

1

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

6

to twist off

1

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

2

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

2

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

8

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

to leave as is; to ignore

1

main question; real issue at hand

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

derailment; digression; deviation

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

should do; ought to do

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

3

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

9

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

19

to sit down; to take a seat

1

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

12

moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)

5

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

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