jpdb beta

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

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to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

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to figure out; to get an idea

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baseless; groundless

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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to mean

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angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged

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to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

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to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

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to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

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hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

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light; lamp; counter for electric lights

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child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster

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thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

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social disposition

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piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

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to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity

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miniature garden

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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looking on (somebody) as hostile

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linen robe

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dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

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nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

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quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

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pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise

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(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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close connection; deep involvement; close relationship

2

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

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mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

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to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

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head

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to be conceited

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detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

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word; language; speech

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kind; sort; type

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to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new

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firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)

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for a while; for some time; for a period

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crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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