jpdb beta

face contorted and about to cry

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

3

senior; elder; person older than oneself

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ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)

4

arm; upper arm

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dull; slow; stupid

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intentional; on purpose

3

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

3

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

1

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

2

intellectual property; IP

1

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

(one's) current position; current location; present position

1

report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

2

by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

3

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

1

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)

1

to hide; to conceal

3

to hand (over); to deliver in person

4

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

1

leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

hermitage; retreat

1

Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)

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to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

1

Cyrano de Bergerac

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Archimedes (287?-212 BCE)

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figure; shape; graphic

3

bathroom

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

rifle

1

gun point; muzzle

1

Hemingway

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historical background

1

positive film; reversal film; slide film

1

explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)

2

Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

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