jpdb beta

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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marriage proposal; marriage talks

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completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

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to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

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to grasp tightly

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to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

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commoner; plebeian

2

knowing; (an) acquaintance

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serious; severe; grave; acute

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pair; the two; both persons; both things

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unexpected; surprising

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secretiveness

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internal conditions; true state of affairs

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

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dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

4

to smile (at); to grin (at)

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to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour

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illegitimate child

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

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premarital sexual relations (intercourse)

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drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

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heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

2

old woman

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way; method; means; resource; course

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common people; ordinary people; masses

2

to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

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filthy; dirty (looking); drab

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

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to glare at each other; to confront each other

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to tell a lie; to fib

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

2

to twine around

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certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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for this reason

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(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

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to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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