jpdb beta

detective agency; enquiry agency

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

4

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

1

to put on a triumphant air

1

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

1

cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

2

clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)

1

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

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

frail; slender; feminine

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

1

to make an appearance; to show up

1

since then; after that

1

to hesitate to say

1

immediately; right away; on the spot

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

2

reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

retaliation; revenge

1

before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

2

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

1

impatience

1

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

2

nine times; twisting around many times

1

quite; utterly; really; completely

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)

1

since; henceforth

1

100 percent

2

strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

1

to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

1

to be cleared of a charge

1

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

1

fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

1

to settle one's account; to pay a bill

1

angry face (countenance)

1

sincerity; good faith

1

Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine

1

to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)

1

to spend a night together

1

fourth day of the month; four days

1

place where one works; construction site; working area

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Chillin (Wale song)

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