jpdb beta

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

to be embarrassed; to lose face

4

coercive; overbearing

1

useless resistance; vain struggle

1

rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

2

inferiority complex

2

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

2

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

to flare up; to fly into a rage

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

to look down on; to condescend

1

distant; cold; formal

1

from now on

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

3

a number of days

1

day by day; every day; by the day

1

remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking

1

to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

just because; even if; even though

2

weight; sinker (fishing)

1

evil spirit; demon; devil

1

epidemic; plague; pestilence

1

local resident

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

6

large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits)

3

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

3

building a fire

1

grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting

1

holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

1

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

1

door; doorway

1

entering; going into

1

trial performance; rehearsal

3

to make over (clothing); to have altered; to renovate

3

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

2

reserved seat

1

sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy

1

to pile up; to accumulate

2

to blank out; to panic

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

3

important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

1

material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

1

friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife

1

headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask

1

tempo

2

full rehearsal; dress rehearsal; run-through

3

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

1