jpdb beta

to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions; to work someone hard; to order around; to boss

1

handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

3

hard-boiled egg

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newspaper

2

one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements

4

to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)

1

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

1

substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation

1

to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

pregnant woman

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in large drops

2

to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

1

compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet

1

false pregnancy; pseudocyesis

1

capable of anything; liable to do

1

bay; gulf; inlet

2

pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous

5

mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound

2

to run about; to rush about

3

tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome

1

momentum; amount of exercise

1

eavesdropping

2

sloth (animal)

1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash

1

catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake

1

idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; soft and slippery

1

hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

1

uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

2

to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

1

activist

1

motto

1

kickoff party; rally; pep party

1

bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

1

post-war

1

you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

1

to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

2

tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge

1

coherence; order; focus; point

1

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

4

stethoscope

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

2

to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack

1

verification; inspection

1

fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol

1

to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

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Shanghai (China)

1

beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

2

others; other people

5

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

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