jpdb beta

distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

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black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

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to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

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young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air

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at a young age; while still young

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genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent

1

gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money

1

of great promise; with a promising future

1

to increase; to grow

4

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

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secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

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imperial court; royal court

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to employ (as a retainer); to enlist; to engage

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

1

novel; original; new; innovative

1

reward; honorarium; remuneration

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to pay

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stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

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bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter

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rather than; more ... than ...

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generously; liberally; magnanimously

1

reward; prize

2

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

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fickle nature; flighty temperament; inconstant person

1

to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill

3

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

3

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

2

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

2

severe; bitter; scathing

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to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter

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presenting (to)

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surely; certainly; without doubt

1

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

2

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan

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collection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked

1

weed

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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weeding; weeder; weeding fork; cultivator

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

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