jpdb beta

juvenile literature

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to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

2

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

4

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

19

to have an uneasy conscience

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

6

rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

1

caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution

6

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

3

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

5

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

8

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

2

just managing; with great difficulty

1

eulogy; compliment

2

since the beginning of the world; since the dawn of history

1

eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

1

theorem; proposition

2

be; is

1

rice and curry; curry rice

2

large serving; large portion

3

moment; instant

4

queer; odd; fantastic

1

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

5

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

7

symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code

1

to become better; to improve

8

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

2

time passes

5

to be too late; to be too slow

6

(not) even once; (not) ever

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antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution

6

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

4

to become used to; to become familiar with; to grow accustomed to

1

doze; nap; snooze

1

to hang on the wall

2

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

3

a number of days

1

one month

5

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

3

tenth day of the month; ten days

2

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

13

in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely

1

witch

4

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

3

washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

1

stingy; cheap; very frugal

1

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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beyond comparison; incomparable

1