jpdb beta

before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally

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all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk

2

folly; fool

11

aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)

1

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

1

distinction

4

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

8

to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched

5

picture book

1

first; new

2

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

31

to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

1

eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

37

repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring

2

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

8

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

5

home; dwelling

2

to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active

1

man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man

2

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)

1

Hanimu

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to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

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to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry

2

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

11

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

3

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

9

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

25

victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

2

to leap back; to jump back

3

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

7

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

1

to grow taller (of people)

1

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

5

underestimation; undervaluation

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

7

high voltage; high pressure

2

to blow through; to blow across

3

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

11

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

2

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine

38

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

9

decoration; ornament; trimmings

11

to behead; to decapitate

1

not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

10

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

6