jpdb beta

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

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staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

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to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

police questioning

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric

1

to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

2

telephone pole

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postbox; mailbox; pillar box

1

bowlegs; bandy legs

1

shyness; bashfulness; shame

3

guts; bowels; intestines

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

4

slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

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to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

2

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

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poor person

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on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

scorn; disdain; contempt

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(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

1

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

1

distress; wretched condition

1

to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

1

World Heritage (site)

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a help; assistance

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a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly

1

dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death

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intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

1

daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

1

Dokachin the Primitive Boy

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tanker

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sludge

2

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

1

(one's) quota; assignment

1

yakuza

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to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

1

to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

1

temperature

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nude woman; naked woman

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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)

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view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook

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exactly as stated; verbatim

2

Rorschach test; Rorschach inkblot test

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