jpdb beta

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

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one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

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idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

4

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

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precisely because

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to laugh scornfully

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even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

2

construction; establishment

1

public; official

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

2

laughingstock; object of ridicule

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calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

2

superstition; superstitious belief

2

to do (for someone)

2

divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

1

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

2

foolish act; folly

3

instinctive; instinctual

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evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

1

center; centre; metropolis

1

to cross one's legs

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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; mountains and forests

1

to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

1

this sort of; this type of

3

case (container); case (instance, situation); case

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theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

pre-war days; before the war

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postwar period; period after Second World War

2

to increase; to multiply

5

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

4

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

2

convenient; handy; useful

1

low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

3

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

2

hard to reach place; remote place

2

otherwise; or else; if not

1

with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

1

cemetery; graveyard

2

now that you say that; now that you mention it

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originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

3

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

standard; set; routine; decided

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common; frequent

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pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

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emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

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