jpdb beta

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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guard (soldier)

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both sides

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taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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scoundrel; rascal; villain

2

world; society; people; the public

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showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

prize money; monetary award; reward

1

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

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coward

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splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

way; method; means; resource; course

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

4

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

1

manly; brave; heroic

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admirable; laudable

1

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

1

to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

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(not so) much; (not) very

2

as (somebody) says

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children

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

the breakup (dispersal) of a family

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

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to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

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insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

1

when; at what point

1

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

2

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

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people; citizens; subjects; folk

3

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

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like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul

2

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

various countries; various regions; various provinces

1

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

4

city council

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to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

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thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning

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to rise up; to initiate (political) action

2

our

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once more

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to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

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number one

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to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

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