jpdb beta

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

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to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

precisely because

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cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

1

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

1

new; newly made; newly-built ship; new boat; unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman

1

reason; cause; circumstances

1

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

1

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

1

in one's own way or style

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touch; contact

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to be too numerous; to be too much

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

2

huff; heave-ho

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

14

secret technique; secret art

7

flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in anger

6

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over

2

transport; transportation

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

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low dining table; tea table

2

not required

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to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

2

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

4

I; me

2

old body; aged person; elderly person

1

babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

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to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

2

I beg your pardon

1

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

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

3

kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

3

feel (of a material); texture

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

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to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

5

looking away; looking aside

1

thud; bang

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-proof; -resistant

1

load; loading; weight (of a load)

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overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par

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buoy; lifebuoy

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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dinner

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