jpdb beta

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

1

shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)

1

hallway slippers; indoor shoes

1

to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes

2

fear of death

1

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

3

to sit in a row; to be arrayed

1

to smell; to sense

1

standing tall; towering; soaring

5

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

1

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

2

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

1

easy to imagine

1

dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible

1

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

1

promotion (school, military, etc.)

1

faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit

1

weariness

1

to have time free; to have time to spare

1

older sister; lass; young lady

7

daily necessities

1

long-term hospitalization

1

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

1

(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness

1

head

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

1

engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably

1

the same rank; the same digit

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

complete recovery

1

emotional scars; mental trauma

2

to recover; to be healed

2

it serves you right

1

sisters

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

4

witness

1

being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

1

to smash; to crush

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish

3

oneself; one's body

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

1

everyday life; daily life

3

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

1

next month

1

lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

2

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

4

University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)

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last month

3

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

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