jpdb beta

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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treating (someone) like an object

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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sea; ocean; waters

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to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

5

to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)

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to concern; to be related

1

south side

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leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader

1

proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

2

self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

2

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

2

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

4

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

7

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

1

to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water

2

(a) few; some; several

6

(one's parents') home

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to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

3

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

10

familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance

1

furthermore; even more

2

indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

4

consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

14

whereunder; thereunder

1

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

1

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

16

to be consistent; to be coherent

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

3

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

1

relation; connection

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

9

should; must; ought to

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oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

3

to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

1

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top

2

reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

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hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

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to glance at; to glimpse

1

self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

1

accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

1

meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)

1

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

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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