jpdb beta

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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close; intimate; on good terms

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tendency; trend; inclination

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prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

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as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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artist

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means; way; measure

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

1

winning percentage

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survival rate

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on the contrary

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artistry; artistic quality; artistic character

1

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

1

to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to

1

rudder; helm

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slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

appointed day of delivery; time for payment

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

taste; liking; preference

1

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn

1

fiction

1

bold; daring; audacious

1

rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable

1

rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

1

love scene

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

1

to dazzle; to blind

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

4

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

big leakage; uncontained leak

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speaker

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to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

2

indeed; it's no wonder

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Japanese (language)

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feel (of a material); texture

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

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sense of reality

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

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to be in focus; to come into focus

1

to pinch; to nip

4

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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snoringly

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squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

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