jpdb beta

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

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blinking (in surprise)

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noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

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to amuse oneself; to make merry

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to summon courage; to be brave

2

curiosity; inquisitiveness

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

1

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

2

leader; leading figure

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committee member

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

3

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

1

to mix; to stir; to blend

1

to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

1

success; hit

2

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle

1

both; (not) either

1

to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

2

to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

1

close; intimate; on good terms

3

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

1

talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque

1

no way; no chance

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

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to half-rise to one's feet

2

beginning; start

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whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

human; humane

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every evening; night after night

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

2

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

2

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

3

staff room

1

visit; call

1

moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

2

one year ago

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Oh well; yeah; good; OK

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