jpdb beta

not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

4

to explain; to dispel doubts

2

nothing but; none other than

1

Japanese person; Japanese people

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

1

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

2

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

2

reason for being; raison d'être

2

self; oneself

3

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

5

to lend a hand; to help

3

this piece; this work

1

prey; victim

1

relief; peace of mind

3

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

2

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

very easily

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

2

endless; boundless; everlasting

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

6

within the blood; blood-borne

3

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

1

to continue to increase; to continue to mount

1

to increase; to grow

1

to switch off; to turn off

1

sideboard

1

this evening; tonight

1

to fall prostrate

1

wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly

1

to stare back at; to look back at

1

for a long time

1

to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating

1

very interesting; of great interest

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

3

to finish reading; to read through

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

3

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

2

to do (for someone)

1

winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs

1

unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

2

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

4

to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on

1