jpdb beta

brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother

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competitive spirit

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real estate register; real property register

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

6

sophistry; sophism

2

hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

3

pasturage; grazing

1

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

1

to have the privilege of doing

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to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

to use sophistry

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privilege; special right

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

darkness

1

to find out; to discover; to detect

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

1

shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

3

to feel as though ...

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

1

genuine; authentic; true; real

1

eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)

1

nephew

2

gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

4

to snore

2

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

neigh; whinny; bray

1

inexhaustible supply

1

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

1

half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

2

to peel; to skin; to pare

2

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

2

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

1

lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl

2

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

1

wearily

1

to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord

1

to push aside

1

to look upwards; to look up

1

mercury (Hg)

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

speck; fleck

2

male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man

1

to select; to choose

1

belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt

3

to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

1

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

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