jpdb beta

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

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nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

4

fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads

3

sympathy; compassion; pity

7

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)

4

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back

1

shorter way; shortcut

1

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

2

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

1

to purse one's lips

3

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

2

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

ostentation; show; affectation

1

in large drops

1

bargain sale

1

scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness

2

little girl

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to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

2

moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

selfish

2

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

2

being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down

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mimetic muscles

4

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

8

to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

3

pain; ache; -algia

1

sanctions; punishment

3

punch (with a fist)

1

learning ability

2

to impose a punishment (on); to punish

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

3

to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

3

freedom; free man; free woman

1

ruler; measure

1

orange (color, colour)

3

row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)

20

mountain road; mountain trail

10

fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

1

wandering; rambling; roaming

1

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

1

existence

1

noh mask

1

huge body; large build

1

art museum; art gallery

1

to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

1

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

1

contours of one's body; figure

4

tall figure; high stature

1

gimmick

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