jpdb beta

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

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at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

3

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

3

to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

1

suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

1

to faint; to be exhausted

2

comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly

1

tooth

3

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

2

to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp

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frail; slender; feminine

2

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

2

ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

7

shaking violently

1

I told you so

1

upper half of the body; upper body

2

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

brave; heroic; gallant

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

3

absolutely; positively; decidedly

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

3

to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job

1

cajolery; wheedling

1

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

1

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

and; although; but

1

before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

1

several times (as large, over)

1

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

1

earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment

1

word; remark; statement

1

oh!; oh?; my!

3

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

new; fresh; novel

1

convenient; handy; useful

2

in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

1

Gaul

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

Europe

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(religious) faith; belief; creed

1

to collect; to assemble; to gather

1

Shinto priest

3

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

1

source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

3

school (e.g. of ikebana)

4

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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troubadour; minstrel

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