jpdb beta

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

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to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse

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reader

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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passion; enthusiasm; zeal

2

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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intelligence

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

2

(feeling of) hunger

1

everyone; one and all

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self-assertion

2

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

2

crabbily; unsociably

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attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

1

after a short pause

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to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

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fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

2

to burst (open); to break; to split

4

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

1

to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love

1

to go on reading

1

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)

1

pistol; handgun; revolver

4

moment; instant

2

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

1

son

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to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

2

to help out of (trouble); to extricate

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

3

muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake

1

pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous

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moonlight; moonbeam

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frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

2

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

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immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

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bedrock

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cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

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explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

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