jpdb beta

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

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supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

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seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

2

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

6

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

fine weather; fair weather

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

1

inconvenient

1

silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark

1

cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof

1

this person; he; she

2

to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room

1

thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching

1

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

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to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up

2

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

5

correction; revision; amendment

1

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

1

apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety

1

to need; to call for; to require

1

to run up to; to rush over

1

unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

2

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

1

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

2

to harm; to cause harm to

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish

2

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

2

open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

1

to make a sound

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to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

3

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

1

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)

1

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

1

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

1

in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless

2

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

5

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1

friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

1

playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp

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etiquette; courtesy

1

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

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