jpdb beta

backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount

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bar code; comb over (on a balding man); combover

1

bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

1

one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

1

both

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laurel wreath

2

step by step; by degrees

1

dull-witted; stupid; foolish

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

1

running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

1

both; together; jointly; simultaneously

1

to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside

3

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

long hair

8

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

1

drawing a sword; drawn sword

1

ultrahigh speed; ultrafast

1

as soon as; right after

1

foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

1

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

lung

3

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

1

one revolution; one rotation

2

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

soundless; mute

1

doll; puppet; figure

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

1

to flutter (e.g. a flag)

2

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

1

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

hand used like a sword in striking

3

to take by surprise

1

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

1

to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

1

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

1

rush; charge

1

to begin to turn

1

whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

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to hold one's breath

3

lariat; slip noose; lasso; lariat (wrestling); clothesline

3

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

10

braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait

6

long skirt

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