jpdb beta

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

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eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

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mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly

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to encourage; to cheer

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hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

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wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

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incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar

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dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner

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knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

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to throw open; to leave open

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

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takoyaki; octopus dumplings

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

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at once; immediately; right now

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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walking briskly; determinedly

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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surely (not); certainly (not)

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searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells

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the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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to smash; to break

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tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

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smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

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nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

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skin

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

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firm; unshakeable; resolute

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to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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high; high school

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to have one's fun spoiled; to have one's enthusiasm dampened

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to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

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sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

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at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

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bottom; sole

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to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

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to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

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to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

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dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

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to raise overhead

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