jpdb beta

each stratum; each class

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to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

5

to compare

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

2

perspective

2

exaggeration

5

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

9

high-handed; overbearing

1

small quantity; little; little while; short distance

29

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

9

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

1

sound of waves

13

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

14

third floor

4

culmination; conclusion

6

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

5

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

18

angle

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

20

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

16

to incline one's head

1

being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

10

very small; tiny

1

contract; commitment

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

2

disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

4

don't you think?; indicates question

24

if; in case; supposing

36

modest; humble

7

if it's the case

4

so much; so; like that

7

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

ability to appreciate art (music, poetry, etc.); an eye for art

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

4

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

2

expectation; assume will happen; forecast

2

pain; agony; bitterness

8

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

4

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

8

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

3

another; different; something else

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

10

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

3

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

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