jpdb beta

as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP

1

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

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Darjeeling (tea); Darjeeling (India); Darjiling

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highest grade; top class

1

so to speak

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host club; club that provides male company for female customers

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champagne

2

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

selling by measure; selling by weight; selling by volume

1

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

2

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

master; teacher; stable master

4

to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir

3

spoon; spoon lure

1

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

3

pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly

1

in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

1

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

1

all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)

1

oh; no; don't

2

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

1

father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

9

shop manager

1

wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel

1

telepathy

1

sound effect

1

instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; model; exemplar; normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college

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leaving something where it is; abandoning something

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damage; injury

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memory disorder; impairment of memory; dysmnesia

1

truck; lorry

2

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

4

pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment

1

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

1

collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict

2

unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)

1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

3

to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

2

with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

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manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

2

frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse

1

to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout

4

damp; humid; moist

2

ashamed

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marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony

2