jpdb beta

extravagant; absurd

1

to be

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cooperation; collaboration

3

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

2

head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

13

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

3

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

3

editor (in publishing, etc.)

1

this time; now

1

planning; project; plan; design

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

7

he; him; boyfriend

2

coarse; rough

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

4

to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

1

because; as; since

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

1

beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start

1

collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

1

closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family

2

feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report

1

commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

1

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

1

interchange; international; inter-

1

child

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

1

hundreds

2

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

1

distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert

1

sons and daughters; children; girl

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

2

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

2

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

even

1

blood relative

1

surely; certainly

1

existence; being

2

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

2