jpdb beta

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

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lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

4

mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better

1

comfort; consolation; diversion

1

twenty-five

2

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

1

society; the world; the times

1

so much; so; like that

2

single woman; spinster

1

look!; there!; here!; that is

1

to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

3

to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere

1

old maid; spinster

1

unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

2

amniotic fluid

2

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

4

inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated

1

environment; circumstance

2

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

6

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

2

to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture

1

best

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

3

long-term

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to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

1

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

2

plop; plonk; plunk; flop

1

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

2

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

2

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

to grumble; to complain

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

untouched; unused; intact

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

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quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

2

to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up

2

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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