jpdb beta

to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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wing (of an insect)

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

2

deer

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island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf

4

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

1

communication line

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

2

human-like; quite human

1

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

land; shore

1

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

special seat; box seat

1

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

3

sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold

1

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

northwestern part; the northwest

1

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

1

to give; to do (something) for

1

military conflict; armed conflict

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

2

what to do

4

how (can); by what means

1

center; centre; metropolis

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

1

steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

2

who

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to return; to come back

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

1

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice

5

dim; gloomy

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isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

1

(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

2

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

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to assist; to help out

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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