jpdb beta

brutal (nature); brutality; blood lust; cruelty; ferocity

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modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

as soon as; right after

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interruption; interference; butting in

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

2

winter

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activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture

2

open air; outdoors; outside

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

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juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

4

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

2

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

2

feces; faeces; excrement; stool

2

advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)

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it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...

4

to side with (someone); to support (someone)

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

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to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

4

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

3

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

to scratch; to claw

4

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

4

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

4

full speed

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grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

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to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

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Shigeko

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younger sister

4

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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mum; mom

3

chemise

1

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

1

all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking

3

to hold up in one's arms

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what

2

oh; no; don't

1

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

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to do

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to take (all of) into consideration

1

wet through; drenched

1

to get wet

3

soap

1

resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating

5

bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming

1

bilge water

2

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

4

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

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