jpdb beta

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

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profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

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dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

snow crystal; snowflake

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

to suspect; to sense

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to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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to sniffle; to snivel

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haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

1

... years old; age (of) ...

2

to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

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nothing but; none other than

2

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

2

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

3

resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

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sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

4

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically

2

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

then; and (then); in that case; if so

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people

6

chain; series; connection; linkage

3

rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation

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production; manufacture

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to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

4

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

6

to break a dam; to burst out

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both eyes

1

regret; repentance; remorse

9

to choose; to select; to pick (out)

4

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

3

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

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going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse

2

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

3

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

2

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

2

dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings

2

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

5

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

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to wipe; to dry

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to blow one's nose

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to begin to speak

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growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

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family lineage

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real name

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descendant of a god; heavenly grandson

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