jpdb beta

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

5

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

8

glass; pane

2

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

gold (colour, color)

1

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

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unsteady steps; bobbing

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

6

unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen

12

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

4

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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right of succession; right to the throne

1

first place

2

one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

1

the other day; a few days ago

1

uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore

1

sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop

1

to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)

1

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

3

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

6

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1

to be smeared; to be covered

1

Far East

2

remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier

3

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

politics; government

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

3

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

2

I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...

7

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

2

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

5

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

5

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

5

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

6

to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit

4

abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

1

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

5

castle

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

3

interference; intervention; meddling

2

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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