jpdb beta

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

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back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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Katze

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to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment

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turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

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this occasion; at this time; now

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at; in; at; when; by; with

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even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

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event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening

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to be slow in saying

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to receive an invitation

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

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in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

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forced laugh; forced smile

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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

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beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

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sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

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bluff

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while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side

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you could say that; that might be so

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the latter; the second; successor; descendant

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intention; aim; design

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to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

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sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

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hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

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one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough

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suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

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swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

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just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...

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disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

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to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

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channel

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left shoulder

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giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath; to take a rest; to take a break

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to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

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centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

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diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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upper half of the body; upper body

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