jpdb beta

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

4

standing on tiptoes

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

2

revenge

1

both; (not) either

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

serious illness

1

end; break

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other

1

euphoric mood; exuberant mood

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

1

rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

1

brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata)

1

chorus; singing in a chorus

1

private house

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

2

to take up one's residence

1

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

2

nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

notes; comment; remark; annotation

2

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

1

midsummer; height of summer

1

season; weather

1

in respect of; in regards to; as for

1

good health

1

my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations

1

to do

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

1

objective; aim; mark

1

(my) poor writing; scribbling; hasty writing

1

draft; rough copy

1

to get accustomed to using

1

to consult a dictionary

1

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

1

business

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

2

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

2

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)

1

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

content of a letter

2

in high spirits

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