jpdb beta

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

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tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

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boyfriend; he; him

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birthday

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choosing; selecting; deciding (on)

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narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

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madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)

2

rustling of leaves; rustling of grass

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to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

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school life

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sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)

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socializing; getting on with people; personal relations

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self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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self-protection

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to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

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one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

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saving (e.g. energy); cutting down on (e.g. alcohol); save; save

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waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

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(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

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checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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grammar

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to cultivate a better understanding

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growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding

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to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

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illicit love

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to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

2

rather; better

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to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

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popular (with); in favour (with); well received

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to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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order; command; directions; instructions

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(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

1

pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

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throughout Japan

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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to become animated; to liven up; to become active

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individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

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to blaze up; to burn up

2

to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)

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no; nope

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illite

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence

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sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

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