jpdb beta

courtesy call; courtesy visit

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pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely

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pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

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clay

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sake jar; jar containing alcohol

2

swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone

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to be hesitant; to feel timid

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to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious

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scorn; disdain; contempt

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to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

2

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

2

to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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beyond imagination; unimaginable

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disgrace; humiliation

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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entreaty; supplication; petition

2

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

3

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

complaint

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drop (e.g. of water); drip

1

slurping; lapping

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possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

3

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

2

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

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currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

to swarm; to gather

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pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

2

surely; certainly

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regret; repentance; remorse

4

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

3

each house; every house; many houses

2

calm; composed; leisurely

1

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

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

2

rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

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at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

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brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

strange voice

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vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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