jpdb beta

loud voice

4

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

1

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

3

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

2

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

is not; am not; are not

3

to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame

1

disgrace; shame; insult

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

1

dressing table; dresser

2

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

2

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

relatively; comparatively

1

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

1

envelope

1

plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

2

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body

1

protector (e.g. chest); guard

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

3

mantle; cloak; manteau

4

mysterious person

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

4

to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

1

Harrods

1

wrapping paper

1

to chop (a branch, etc.)

1

to hold in one's mouth

3

risky; dangerous; insecure

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

1

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

1

-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure

2

to go along; to walk along; to follow

1

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

1

folded in half; doubled

1

to telephone; to make a phone call

2

to answer the phone

1

answering machine; answerphone

1

service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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)

1

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

2

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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