jpdb beta

to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

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how; in what way; how about

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

2

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

1

forest; shrine grove

9

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

3

fog; mist; spray

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

4

Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

8

to mow; to reap; to harvest

2

pistol; handgun; revolver

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to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

1

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

1

child soldier

10

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

precisely because

1

headhunting; collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies

3

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

1

to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

2

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

10

that; those; the

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hey; say; look

1

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

5

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

5

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

2

to look away; to avert one's eyes

4

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

6

to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch

1

he; she; that guy

7

near; close; beside; third person

4

partner; pal; accomplice

3

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

6

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

1

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

5

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

8

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

4

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

3

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

1

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

1

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

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smile

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