jpdb beta

to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

2

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

1

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

1

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

2

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

4

guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman

7

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

to recover (one's) costs; to break even; to pay off (e.g. hard work); to be worth the effort

1

very rich person; the super rich

1

(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat

1

to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

1

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

1

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

3

to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

1

alphabet

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uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year

1

lowercase letter; small letter

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hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

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katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

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vowel

2

consonant

2

unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

written request; request for ...; application for ...

2

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

3

(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

6

transparency; degree of clearness

2

to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose

2

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

analepticum; restorative medicine

1

to become empty; to be emptied

2

horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous

1

quickly; swishing; whooshing

1

circlet

3

sleepiness; drowsiness

1

eyelid

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

1

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

1

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

1

sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

1

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

1

abyss; ravine

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

to push aside; to push one's way through

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to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)

5

to tell a lie; to fib

3

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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