jpdb beta

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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to side with (someone); to support (someone)

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dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

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Japanese apricot; ume

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ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar

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umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

4

gift certificate

1

fruit

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to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

1

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

3

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

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distant; cold; formal

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to get over; to forget

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or; otherwise

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to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

2

to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

3

assent; consent

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

to harbor ill feeling

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to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

1

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

3

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

reflexive; reflecting

1

mother; wife

6

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

2

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

2

routine

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test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

1

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

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rebellious phase; rebellious age

3

around the clock; day and night

2

from the beginning; from scratch

2

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

2

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

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to moan; to groan

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to doubt one's own eyes

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