jpdb beta

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

1

expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

8

army corps; corps

6

(public) park

1

sandpit; sandbox

1

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

2

to farm; to cultivate a field

1

on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

1

sale; sales; selling; marketing

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

to shake one's head

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed

1

soda

9

flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank

2

oof; ough; ulp

1

home area; home town; local

1

four years

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

2

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

homecoming; returning home

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

1

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

1

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

1

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

1

to cultivate; to foster

1

to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

1

simulation

1

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

1

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

2

reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating

1

speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners

3

to be dispersed; to get separated

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

1

saw

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in those days

2

girls' school

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

abashment; bashfulness

1

to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through

1

patterns of thinking; train of thought

1

remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

2