jpdb beta

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

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urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

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return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)

2

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

3

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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annoying; provoking

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thud

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gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

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to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

1

to purse one's lips

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shooting to death

1

ankle

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jest; joke; funny story

5

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

bare earth; ground

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odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

2

to talk; to speak

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finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

perception; sensing; noticing

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intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

2

to finish dyeing

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to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

2

to blow out; to spout out

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

2

numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

3

to tear off

1

to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

1

to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

1

that is; namely; i.e.

1

to creep; to crawl

1

facing upward

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

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to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into

4

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

2

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

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crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

1

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

to suck; to lick

1

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

3

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

2

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

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corner; nook

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there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

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