jpdb beta

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

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gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

4

to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

1

tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter

1

next year

6

irreplaceable

10

pointing out; identification

1

to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button; to bungle up the order

1

Paris (France)

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

4

allophone; strange noise

2

rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

7

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

idiotic; dolt; bonehead

1

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

5

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

2

to experience

2

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

8

loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness

1

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

3

male instincts; male frivolity

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

3

sword skills; swordsmanship

3

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

2

realistic; pragmatic

5

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

6

flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming

1

sharp; keen; acute

1

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

8

to cut at; to slash at

3

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

4

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

3

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

3

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

5

Sunday

2

cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)

2

spaghetti

2

to pause; to have a short intermission

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

1

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

9

quickly; smoothly

1

menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule

1

place to go; place one can go

1

special; particular; peculiar; unique

2

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

3

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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