jpdb beta

to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know

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frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous

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again and again; repeatedly

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slap; smack; spanking

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to replace; to change (for a new one); to renew; to reassign (an expense); to charge (to a different account); to shift (a loss)

4

origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

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one end; an end; part; fragment

2

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

2

to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link

1

pressure

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to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

2

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

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control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

1

menacing; threatening

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

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to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in

4

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

3

assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

8

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

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to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)

2

set of tools (implements); kit; outfit

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pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

to surge; to well up; to gush out

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toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

2

one grade; first-class; primary

1

to hatch (out)

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

1

(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)

1

to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

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contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)

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worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person

2

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

Western painting; Western film; Western movie

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contempt; derision; slight; disdain

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open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

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violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement

4

largest class; top category

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

2

to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

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to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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bridge

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reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety

2

interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors

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hysteria

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controlling power

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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