jpdb beta

pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter

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woman; girl

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

mother

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

actor; actress; player; performer

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to come and see (someone, something); to visit

2

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

5

one's home; one's house

1

tension; mental strain; nervousness

3

cooking program; cookery show

1

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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rehearsal

3

being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

1

cooking expert; culinary researcher

2

long time; many years

1

unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

2

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

sympathy; empathy; response

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

1

to be subject to punishment; to be punished

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

1

big leakage; uncontained leak

2

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

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the ... in question

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person with whom one is having an illicit love affair

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complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

1

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

2

confession

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

5

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

3

excuse; explanation

1

married life

1

sexless; without sex; sexlessness

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

2

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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