jpdb beta

anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; (lit.) clothes on a packhorse driver

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parents' partiality for their children; parents overvaluing their children

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having a child from a former relationship (when remarrying); bringing along one's child; being accompanied by one's child

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to look up

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arrogant; impudent; haughty; boastful

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false eyelashes

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popularity contest

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to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate

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to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face

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sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing

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jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)

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chicken bones; chicken carcass

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repertoire; repertory

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lateness; tardiness; arriving late

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toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan

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weightlifting; weight lifting

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to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness; to have a secret abortion

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deposit; earnest money

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princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

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wooden mosaic; parquetry

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cerebral anemia; cerebral anaemia

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neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

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embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

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mysterious disappearance; being spirited away

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small drum

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to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock

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dry run; rehearsal

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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restless; fidgety; fussy

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modifier; qualifier

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being lost in deep thought

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one's legal wife

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to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

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after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

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bending and stretching; flexing and extending

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extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)

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horizontal line

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to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking

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thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off

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imperial visit; imperial outing

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hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

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to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

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dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)

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mum; mom

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special skill

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flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking

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passenger boat

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to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

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