jpdb beta

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

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heavy taxation

1

weather; temper; mood

1

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

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legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order

1

tit for tat (verbally)

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully

1

confessor

4

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

2

short distance

6

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

2

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

8

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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marshland; wetland; swampland

2

body surface

2

being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

4

bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite

2

marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)

6

bloodstream; blood flow

3

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

4

bare feet

1

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

1

inspection; examination; survey

1

scientist

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dissection; autopsy; analysis

2

eyelid

5

being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to

3

both; (not) either

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artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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to distract

4

to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

4

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

6

to strangle to death

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idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

3

colony

6

to join hands (with)

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lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

1

doctor

1

inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)

1

real experience; actual observations

1

the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly

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