jpdb beta

to shake off

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motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

2

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

to pinch; to nip

1

house; hall; building

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

6

to hatch out

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

11

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

7

loud voice

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

2

novel; (short) story

3

repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)

1

to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

12

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

2

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

2

what?; what'd you say?

1

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

9

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

3

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

2

faltering; hesitation

1

to jump upon (a moving object)

1

as if; as though

2

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

evidence; proof

2

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

to mail a letter

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

10

rebirth; reincarnation

1

old age; old person; the old; the aged

1

peak; peek

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

intelligence; intellect; brains

3

baby; infant

4

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

1

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

5

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

2

to gather; to collect; to assemble

4

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

2

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

second (unit of time); arc second

7

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

3

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

1

several minutes; a few minutes

3

sigh; grief; lamentation

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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