jpdb beta

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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scary

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periodic; regular; routine

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to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

2

to do (for someone)

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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sincere; earnest; serious

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

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being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless

2

recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going

1

to be overcome with emotion

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to break down crying

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dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

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ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

2

to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

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buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

2

attendant; companion

2

ice pop; icy pole; popsicle; ice lolly

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sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

1

bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)

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to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

2

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

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to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

2

to wipe off; to wipe up

2

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

3

(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame

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to take time

2

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

1

fry pan; frying pan

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just past noon; afternoon

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new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

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to work hard; to work diligently

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

to peel; to skin; to pare

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green crop; green vegetable

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at regular intervals; evenly spaced

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training

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hot water; hot bath

2

instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles

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cooking; food preparation

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someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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value; worth; merit

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well; now; then

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