jpdb beta

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

4

for fun; half in jest

5

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

2

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

3

real; actual; true

3

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

established fact; fait accompli

1

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

5

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

4

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

3

opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

1

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

2

urban legend

12

Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)

2

to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

5

just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

1

to shrug one's shoulders

8

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

9

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

4

ghost story

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

gossip

7

a period (of time)

2

all over Japan; throughout Japan

1

simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

1

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

2

tradition; legend; folklore

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)

1

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

1

a certain someone; Mr So-and-so

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

2

variation

2

several days later

2

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

3

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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charm; incantation; spell; curse

2

good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

1

it seems that; as if

3

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

3

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

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