jpdb beta

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

3

to turn one's face away

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

4

misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

2

to learn something through hearing

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incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

3

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

indictment; prosecution; complaint

1

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

1

(person treated as a) plaything

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

1

cannot possibly be

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

1

deed; act

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

2

at the top of one's voice

1

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

1

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

3

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

1

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

1

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

4

divine; sublime; solemn

1

tiny bit

1

to feel at ease

1

such ... as; or some such

3

to open one's eyes wide

1

thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel

2

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

2

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

1

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

2

transport; transportation

1

three; 3

4

one machine; one vehicle

1

to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

2

very wealthy person; millionaire

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

2

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

mansion; residence

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