jpdb beta

skill

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landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

evening meal; supper; dinner

1

to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price

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to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline

2

good grief

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point-scoring; scoring Brownie points

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(indoor) heating

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highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

social activity

1

each house; every house; many houses

3

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering

1

to strike dead; to beat to death

1

date; dating

1

one by one; one after another; successively

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

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head-butting; head-butt

2

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

3

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

I don't get it; I'm lost

1

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

2

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

2

to get scolded severely

1

acquaintance; friend; familiar face

1

overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness

1

unrelated

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

rusk

3

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

2

intruder; invader; trespasser; raider

2

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation

1

influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

2

no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

2

to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

5

reduction by half; halving

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to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

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crossed line; crossing of wires; crosstalk; getting mixed up (of different topics in a conversation); confusion; (talking at) cross-purposes

2

partly open; in half bloom

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