jpdb beta

meaning; significance

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currently popular; in fashion; trendy

1

to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

1

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

2

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

1

to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)

1

entry into a castle (by a conquering force)

1

feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted

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being argued into silence; being left speechless

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to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of

1

easy to read; legible; clear

1

good

2

scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)

9

complexion; colour; color; blood red

2

righteous indignation

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cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry

1

hygienic; sanitary

1

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

4

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

1

university hospital; teaching hospital

1

to age; to become old

1

suited figure; person in a suit

3

income

3

dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal

1

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

2

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

aunt

3

dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

1

professional killer; hit man

4

assassination

6

one month

2

heir; heiress; inheritor

1

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

1

to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

1

to hate each other; to hate mutually

2

poor doctor; inept doctor; quack

1

detection; sense (e.g. sensor)

1

Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR

2

KGB (former Soviet Union intelligence agency)

1

to feel relieved; to feel satisfied; to feel refreshed

3

to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted

1

swelling; enlargement

1

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

1

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

1

money-making

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rapid growth

1

making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands

3

large sum (money)

2

alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)

1

hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)

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