jpdb beta

ladies and gentlemen

1

smoothly; easily; readily

1

to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend

1

to grimace; to frown

1

shadow figure; silhouette

7

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

to notify; to advise; to inform

1

audible range; hearing range

1

to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

1

body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)

2

sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs

3

loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in

2

hat; cap

3

young girl; lass; adolescent female

3

to examine someone's expression

3

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

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

4

witness

4

to concern; to be related

4

nuance

2

intentional; on purpose

1

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

2

hundreds

1

best; ideal; perfect

1

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

2

everybody; every last one of them; all

3

vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

1

who?

1

distinction

2

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

2

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

2

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

6

to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles

1

to be too long

1

patient; persevering

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

7

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

2

slight damage

2

counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

2

flowerpot; plant pot

6

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

3

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

2

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

6

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

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