jpdb beta

children

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nature; property; disposition

1

similar

8

keen; acute; heartfelt

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

3

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

5

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

3

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

6

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

7

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

obvious; transparent

3

rebellious; defiant

1

measurement

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

2

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

9

loveable; very likeable; like very much

3

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

2

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

2

magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

1

palm (of one's hand)

20

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

4

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

4

without

2

impossible; unlikely; improbable

2

well-known; noted; celebrated

1

reported case (instance)

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

2

idiosyncrasy

2

standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

state; country; nation

3

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

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engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

6

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

7

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

3

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

7

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

13

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

4

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

22

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

day after day; every day

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

2

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

3

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

6

evening sun; setting sun

3

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

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