jpdb beta

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

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evil spirit (that can possess people)

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

5

good-natured old man

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-like

1

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

very deeply

2

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

1

to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer

1

pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent

1

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

1

during a stay

1

in person; personally; directly

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

2

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

2

literally; to the letter; literal

1

moaning; muttering; complaining

1

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through

2

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

9

dodgy dealings; monkey business

1

even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

1

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

1

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

5

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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suppression; subjugation

2

suspicious; doubtful

1

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

2

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

loyalty; devotion

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

as usual

1

dead drunk; blind drunk

1

to fall asleep

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

1

to begin to drink

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intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

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to begin to speak

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

2

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

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