jpdb beta

to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

2

vitality; (one's) life force

3

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

1

eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive

1

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

1

positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic

1

gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)

1

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

sorrow; grief; sadness

1

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial

1

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

1

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

1

to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

1

marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard

1

extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

1

similar to; like

2

being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

3

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

2

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

2

together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category

6

to compete with; to vie for

2

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

3

in those days

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

4

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

1

short; brief

1

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

1

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

5

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

3

trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

2

as usual; as is one's habit

1

large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)

1

peach (Prunus persica)

8

three; three years of age

1

well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur

1

farm; plantation

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

1

of noble birth; wellborn

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

3

to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)

1

financial power; financial means; wealth

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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