jpdb beta

to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly

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muscular pain; myalgia

3

to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know

2

when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

1

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

3

taking responsibility upon oneself (and resigning)

1

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

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dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

2

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

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cat ears

2

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

2

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

4

nature; the natural world; realm of nature

4

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

3

cockscomb; crest

1

blindness

1

disease; ailment; illness

1

wrinkled; full of wrinkles

1

capable of anything; liable to do

1

intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

2

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

2

romantic

4

summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

1

cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service

3

unnecessary; needless

3

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

3

refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake

2

mistress; kept woman; concubine

1

to drink in one gulp

1

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

2

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

moon (esp. full moon); circle fashioned after the moon; decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole; straw trivet; white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear

1

muscleman; strong man

1

(physical) growth; development

1

love letter

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famous literary composition

1

idealistic thought (argument)

1

honest; steady

2

likability; favorability; popularity

1

stupefaction

2

line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines

3

ambitious; enterprising

1

somebody (important); person of importance

1

psychiatrist; medically-qualified psychoanalyst

1

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

4

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

1

expression; phraseology

3

to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

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Cupid (Roman god)

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

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