jpdb beta

to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

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black hair

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long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)

2

to encamp; to take up positions

2

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

1

autumn; fall

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to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

4

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

3

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

5

chink in the armor (armour)

1

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

1

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

3

conversely; on the contrary

2

(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

2

the second time

8

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

2

aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell

1

squishy; springy; bouncy

1

feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

4

to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

4

evening; dusk

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posture; stance

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

3

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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younger; junior

7

sketchbook

1

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

do not enter; no entry; wrong way

1

roguish; impish

3

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

1

to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge

1

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

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defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

4

to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

3

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

2

to graduate from a university

2

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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pride

1

show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

3

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

1

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

4

to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing

1

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

1

to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

2

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

2

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

2

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

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