jpdb beta

saliva (in one's mouth)

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to fiddle with; to monkey around with

1

slurping; lapping

1

licking one's lips; licking one's chops

2

second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint

2

mere child's play

1

to have sex with

1

vulgarity; coarseness; crudeness

1

wooden wall

2

good feeling; comfortable feeling

1

response; feeling; worth ...ing; worthwhile ...ing; satisfying to ...

1

(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

2

by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

1

pulley; block; tackle

1

request; entreaty

1

tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; thing damaging to the eyes

1

fainting in agony

5

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

1

established reputation

4

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

1

to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

pupil excelling his master

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

3

easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick

1

to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together

1

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

4

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

1

sworn friend

1

damage

1

sound of water

1

piled up high; in a heap

2

third stage; three stages

2

slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)

2

form; method; system; formula

2

direct proportion; direct ratio

2

acceleration

1

law; rule

1

heaven helps those who help themselves

1

peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

4

strange; odd; unusual

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

3

to speak eloquently; to talk volubly

2

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

2

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

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