jpdb beta

change in appearance; transformation

2

to cackle

2

shout of victory; cry of triumph

2

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

2

playing soldiers

2

to amuse oneself; to make merry

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to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

3

when it comes to ...; as for ...

3

old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe

1

sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous

1

(not) in the slightest; (not) at all

1

nimbly; lightly

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irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly

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more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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cocoon

1

raw silk thread

1

beheading; decapitation

3

covering for the back of the hand and wrist

6

big tree

4

laceration

2

icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait

2

restlessly; in continuous motion

1

endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly

3

from the beginning

1

jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement

1

though one didn't intend (expect) to

3

rest; repose

1

temporal bone (of the skull)

1

mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory

2

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

4

to cross one's legs

1

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

1

strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff

1

to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low

3

earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale

2

freshly severed head

1

(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)

1

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

again and again; repeatedly

1

idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater)

1

deployment; disposition; posting; stationing

1

queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess

5

hysterical; hysteric

1

a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

1

sleep

4

Barbarossa

1

key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style

2

sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

2

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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