jpdb beta

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

4

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

3

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

2

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

4

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

to smile

1

be; is

1

like this; in this way; as you see

2

I; me

3

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

1

making things out of dirt (for fun)

1

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

1

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

6

headship of a family; family property

1

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

3

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

1

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

1

to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

6

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

1

to serve; to do

1

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

to do

5

wall; fence

6

jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

4

in this manner; in this way; like this

1

to have the privilege of doing

1

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

sigh

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

2

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

2

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

2

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

is not; am not; are not

1

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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