jpdb beta

what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)

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Alstede

101

elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter

4

unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

1

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

4

Deira, Dubai

13

thud

4

Heuss

2

selection; screening

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Jork

39

white cloth

2

at a young age; while still young

3

that's true; of course; obviously

1

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

1

cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

1

longed-for; anxiously awaited

3

to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve

1

how; in what way; in what manner

2

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

4

fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake

1

indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution

1

language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love

2

final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting

1

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

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Vanessa

19

originator

2

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

3

(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

1

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

2

Marianne

48

dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

2

start; beginning

2

start date

1

look of death; shadow of death

1

law

28

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

2

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

2

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

2

a long time ago; in those days

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each time it happens; at all such times

1

to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

2

discretion; judgement

3

in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown

2

universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

1

Patent Act

1

first place; head position; leading position

2

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

1

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember

3

to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak

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