jpdb beta

tough negotiations

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blackmail; extortion; persistent demand

1

to be expensive; to be costly

2

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

2

state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

7

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

2

appointments and dismissal

1

to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

1

item; article; clause; section; point

1

content of a letter

6

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

2

to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

1

however; having said that; but

2

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

1

attenuating; fizzling out

1

to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

6

to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily

3

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

3

to be muddy; to be slushy

6

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern

1

protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

13

breathing; breath

1

to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

1

rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

whole summer; summer long

1

light; lamplight

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

9

to become red; to redden; to blush

1

cut; gash; incision

1

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

hair (of the head)

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

2

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

3

more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

2

sensitive; susceptible; impressionable

1

soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted

1

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

2

advice; warning

13

secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting

1

human; humane

9

time; hour; moment

1

to get too familiar with; to become too familiar with

1

to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something

3

impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

2

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

5

auditory hallucination

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1