jpdb beta

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

2

trunks; shorts (e.g. seaside use)

2

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

7

trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts

1

(wearing only) a pair of underpants

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

6

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

3

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

12

good-natured old man

1

logo; Logo (programming language)

1

person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

2

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

2

net; netting; web

2

betting ticket with a payout of at least 100 times

2

large amount of money; great cost

2

Thailand

1

untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown

4

New Year's card

2

summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season

1

winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season

1

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

3

Christmas

2

Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)

1

Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)

1

letter; missive; note; mail

14

frequent; incessant

8

whispering; murmuring; subdued

6

companion; company; tritagonist

6

(your) beloved son; cute boy

2

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

2

face; looks; vestiges; trace

5

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

3

very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

1

a metal reinforcement

1

harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

4

to grow old; to age

2

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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to swim

12

these guys; these fellows

3

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

3

to rank next to; to come after

2

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

13

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

4

hey!; hey!

6

another time; some other time

1

sorry; excuse me

1

to be touching; to be moving

6

to run away; to run off

2

cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree

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