jpdb beta

putting out the lights; turning off the lights

1

see you tomorrow

8

eros; sexual desire; Eros (god); (Platonic) Eros; Eros (asteroid)

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

2

to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence

1

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

2

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

1

junior

4

rumor; rumour; gossip; report

1

level of confidence

1

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

1

to do a silly thing; to do something stupid

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

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lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely

2

one thing; one article; ulterior motive; secret intention; penis; money

2

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

1

reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

4

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

14

countdown

4

school festival; campus festival

1

SOS (distress signal)

3

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

official announcement; proclamation

1

open; public; official; overt

2

costar; coactor

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

4

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

3

crowded train

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

3

jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines

1

pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting

5

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

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meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

5

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

4

disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame

2

ham sandwich

2

wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people

1

rush; dash; charge

4

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

6

legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings

2

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

2

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

1

to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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precisely because

4

to be sold out

2

pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich

1

rush; flood; deluge

2

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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