jpdb beta

light snow; light snowfall; thin layer of snow; jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar

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first love; puppy love

3

to throb; to beat fast

2

to stretch (one's body)

8

idle; bored

1

making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)

1

to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly

2

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

2

stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly

1

emperor's secret orders

1

prohibited item; banned item

1

punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code

1

common humanity; shared humanity; shared by humanity

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

1

opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension

2

circumstantial evidence

1

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

2

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

2

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

3

formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of

1

arrogance; haughtiness; pride

1

distress; anguish; mental suffering

1

regret; remorse; repentance; contrition

1

independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan

1

to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother

6

hit; strike; blow

1

conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

7

role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

2

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1

generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal

3

if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

2

fatalism

1

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

1

to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

3

point in common; common feature

2

queen-like

1

ultimate

2

that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me

1

to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the bush

1

to throw into; to dump in together

1

one's long-cherished desire

2

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

3

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

3

passing mark

1

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum

4

passage; passing through

1

dozen

1

to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

2

to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

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