jpdb beta

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

sigh; long breath

1

videocassette recorder; VCR

2

restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback

2

slow; slow motion

2

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

2

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

2

fluent (in a language); flowing

1

home area; home town; local

1

closing of a school; closed school

2

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

2

forest service field office

28

merely for form's sake

1

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

1

enthusiastic schoolteacher; passionate teacher

2

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

1

Rumiko

1

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

1

prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

2

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)

2

public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

2

idly; sluggishly; doing nothing

1

wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships

1

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

1

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

3

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

2

Board of Education

2

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

1

suspension from office

1

maintaining the status quo of the parties (by temporary injunction); preservation of one's position

1

shortest distance (to)

1

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

1

celebrity; personage

1

more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

1

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

4

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

22

shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.

18

homeroom; form room; form class

2

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

interior design; interior; upholstery

1

to give a reason

1

western-style envelope

4

charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code

2

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

1

decree; directive

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant

2

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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