jpdb beta

Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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stoutness; corpulence

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physique; constitution

1

dark red; deep red

1

vestment; priest's robe

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Santa Claus

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(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

2

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

6

half

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alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward

1

Japanese (language)

1

to throw at; to turn; to raise

1

vigorous; healthy; sound

2

sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache

2

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

1

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

1

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

1

oath; abjuration; pledge

1

manly; masculine; like a man

2

with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

1

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

2

heart; guts; nerve; central part

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(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

4

to examine someone's expression

6

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

3

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

2

declaration; proclamation; announcement

2

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

5

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

pipe-organ

1

fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

choir

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hymn; hymnal

2

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

2

wild idea; delusion

2

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

1

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

4

punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

4

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

3

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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