jpdb beta

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

2

aspiration; ambition

2

clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave

1

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)

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

to begin to speak

3

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

2

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

3

outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious

2

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

2

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

2

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

parents; both parents

1

the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes

2

tree; shrub; bush

2

tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

3

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

laws (of nature); (divine) providence

1

overreliance on others; excessive babyishness; person who behaves like a spoiled child

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

2

number of times; frequency; count

1

too much; excessive; too

1

eavesdropping; tapping

1

internal conditions; true state of affairs

1

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

2

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

1

elaborate; delicate; exquisite

2

to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

2

just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

5

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

3

to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)

2

plural; multiple; plural (number)

2

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

1

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

1

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

2

risky speculation; big gamble; large bet

1

looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view

1

light; lamp

1

(a) light; lights; lamp

1

to stay (at); to stop (at)

1

just how; how (dare you)

1

brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly

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