jpdb beta

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

pearl

1

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

1

pace

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(not) one

1

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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provisional contract

3

to affix one's seal

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

2

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

2

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.)

1

kiss

6

temporary licence; temporary license; provisional licence; provisional license

5

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

explosion; rupture; break off

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

1

only; nothing but

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

1

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

calmly; coolly; primly

1

to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...

1

to pour on

1

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

2

at once; immediately; right now

3

so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch

1

disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight

1

to be photographed; to be projected

1

best photograph; best shot

1

ordinary; sensible; commonplace

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

sugar content (e.g. in degrees Brix)

1

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

1

sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation

1

culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection

1

feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby

1

tip; end; point

1

to dye; to colour; to color

1

sense of loss; feeling of loss

1

individual; private person; personal; private

1

epilogue

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nice; good; well-executed

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1