jpdb beta

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

4

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

Japan

3

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

1

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

6

like; as if; the same as

4

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much

1

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

5

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

3

sugar

3

to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)

1

how (can); by what means

1

society; the world; the times

3

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

4

to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry

2

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

4

major city

1

shop; store

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

7

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

1

unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

1

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

1

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

1

in large quantities

2

just a little

5

share; portion; quota; cut

1

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

15

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

6

moneylending; moneylender

2

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

10

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

3

immediate reply

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

10

platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

2

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

2

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

2

borrowing something without returning it; mooching; welching

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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don't you think?; indicates question

13

addition; supplement; appending; appendix

1

grandiose; exaggerated

3

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

7

jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly

1

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

2

rather; better

1

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

8