jpdb beta

extortion; shakedown

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mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick

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croquette

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just a minute; small quantity

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

2

sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted

1

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

meanwhile; in the meantime

1

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

4

dangerous; risky

1

gun

20

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

gargling; rinsing one's mouth

2

snoring; snore

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to snore

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empty can

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

2

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

3

not only

1

auditory hallucination

1

severe; harsh

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

2

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

6

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

2

notice; attention; observation

1

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

7

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

brink; critical moment

1

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

1

same; similar; (just) like; equal

3

to get slightly dirty (all over)

1

pupil and (dark) iris of the eye

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

back of head

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straight hair

1

extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid

1

last (in a contest)

1

the same night; that night

1

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

1

temporary

1

to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp

1

big; large; great

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