jpdb beta

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

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beast; brute; animal

1

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

1

sortie; sally; attack

1

to do someone in; to bump someone off

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

1

regret; repentance; remorse

3

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

2

to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel

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rather than (do ...)

2

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

the front

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hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)

3

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

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Araneus ventricosus (species of orb-weaving spider)

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defense; defence; fielding

4

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

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alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

1

tailcoat

2

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

1

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

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to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)

2

unexpected meeting; coincidence

2

person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

2

polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy

1

one bow; one salute; one greeting

2

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

2

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

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gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

3

training; drill; practice; discipline

1

third place; third rank; third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

1

Gap (France)

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Kurose

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Zenzou

2

pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

2

to serve; to work for; to attend

3

sky

2

river; stream; River; the ... river

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real estate

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one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

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large company; large enterprise; large corporation

1

heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

1

(another's) son

2

attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker

1

black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

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shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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