jpdb beta

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

7

to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)

2

genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious

1

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

2

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

2

device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

1

packing; crating; packaging

2

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

5

once again; yet again; (there you go) again

1

joke; jest; funny story

5

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

1

to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

3

to tear off

2

what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called

1

adult toy; sex toy

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

2

object; body; solid

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

4

interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

5

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

simply; merely; only; solely

1

these guys; these fellows

2

fake; improvisation (in jazz music, singing, etc.); ad-lib; feint (in American football)

1

if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen

2

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

6

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

9

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

3

to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

1

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

3

empirically; from experience

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

1

to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

1

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1

lowest-ranking; one-star (hotel, restaurant, etc.)

1

speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

1

ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh

2

overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

5

feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination

1

firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly

2

another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very

3

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

4

rice field

6

director; trustee

1

evergreen spindle (Euonymus japonicus); Japanese spindle tree

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