jpdb beta

caustic words

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self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

2

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

3

husband and wife; married couple

6

minor feudal lord

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to love

3

empty; meaningless; worthless

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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disposition; nature

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

1

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

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digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

1

misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

to rescue; to free

1

heartbreak; grief; sorrow

1

leader of a delegation (body, party)

1

shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

1

to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate

1

making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face

1

conservative; regressive; backward-looking; unenterprising

2

shipwreck

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bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

2

subordinate person

1

wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

5

to run away and hide

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I; me

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

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willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

5

living national treasure

2

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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once or twice; repeatedly

1

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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next (spoken) word

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as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

2

biennial

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groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues

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