jpdb beta

mis-match

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

11

criticism; commentary; review

1

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

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acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

3

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes

1

outward appearance; apparent

1

anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

1

definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

5

saliva; spit; sputum

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

5

surreptitious glance; looking furtively

1

long and thin

2

ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

1

forelock; bangs

4

inhuman; inhumane

1

feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

1

to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

2

to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge

2

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

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whisper; murmur

2

stir; commotion; noise

1

being filled with; being full of; permeation

3

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

1

appetite (for food)

1

progress

1

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

revision; amendment; alteration

2

pus; corruption; rot; evils

2

purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions

3

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

1

absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

2

Shinto ritual

1

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

1

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

1

bureau; office building

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to face on; to look out on to

4

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

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deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

2

down; below; downward

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