jpdb beta

beeswax

2

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

1

to be in focus; to come into focus

2

to get in touch with

1

loss; forfeit

1

to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

2

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

2

patient

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

to get angry; to lose one's temper

2

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

neutrality

1

to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede

1

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

3

even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...

1

manyfold

1

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument

2

diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement

3

to be tired of hearing

1

another world

2

to understand each other

1

no exception; without exception; always the same

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

1

abuse; misuse; perversion

3

to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

1

to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom

1

to try all possible means

1

family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

1

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

4

ordinary; sensible; commonplace

1

all year round

3

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

1

young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower

1

beat; mora

1

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

3

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

2

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

2

vigorous; healthy; sound

3

writhing (in agony)

1

marriage ceremony; wedding

1

final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)

1

taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort

1

won't you

2

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

3

smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it

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