jpdb beta

with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound

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mesh (of a net)

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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(inedible) midgut gland of a scallop

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(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

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bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

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first meeting; first interview with

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to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to camp (in an online multiplayer game)

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free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free

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projection; protrusion; lump; bulge

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reaching; attaining; arrival

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itchy

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with a loud, shrill laugh; with a cackle; (laughing) wildly

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higher and higher

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millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)

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fertile; productive; fruitful

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contrast

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lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

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foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent

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level ground; horizon; field of view

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pure white; snow white

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heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron

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to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

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calm; composed; leisurely

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to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

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swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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empty space; empty sky

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

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gliding (through the air)

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to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

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futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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lower region; lower part; region below

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beak; bill

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intruder; invader; trespasser; raider

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to need; to demand; to take; to require

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to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

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a few years ago; some years back

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big quarrel; huge fight; big row

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quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult

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last chapter (book, etc.)

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average temperature

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition

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horticulture; gardening

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grave; gravesite; tomb

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seedling; sapling; young tree

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to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

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