jpdb beta

surely; certainly

1

elegance; taste; refinement

1

to shake; to sway; to waver

1

tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter

1

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

1

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

police; police officer; police station

2

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

1

going together

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

4

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

2

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

3

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

4

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

to give a reason

1

to feel; to sense; to experience

2

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large

1

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

1

rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed

1

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

1

to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

hard worker; hardworking person

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

2

learning by watching others; learning by imitation

1

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

(one's) figure; build; physique; style

2

ago; since; before; previous

1

indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower

1

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

2

originally; by nature; from the start

3

to refer to; to use as reference

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

2

real thing; original; actual

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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