jpdb beta

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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pensive (or worried) look on one's face

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several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

2

beat; mora

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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just a little

2

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

2

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

3

cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

2

since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman

1

circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

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exit; way out; outlet; vent

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

1

futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat

3

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

1

here and there; in places

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

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is it not so?

2

preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

3

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

2

aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

3

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

2

sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

2

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

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right under; directly below; right beneath

2

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

2

brown; light brown; tawny

3

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

1

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit

1

phew; whew

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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pride; dignity; self-respect

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flexure; bending

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to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

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edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

2

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

2

impossible

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