jpdb beta

clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler

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going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes

2

fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

1

ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet

1

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

4

backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount

1

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

3

reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party

1

letter of invitation; invitation card

4

end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

2

fair copy; clean copy

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle

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pen

2

June bride

2

day that is lucky the whole day (in the traditional calendar); auspicious day

1

ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony

3

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

donation; presentation

1

rule book

3

to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive

3

rational

1

morals; morality

3

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

2

concession; conciliation; compromise

1

cost; expense

1

magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion

1

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

1

rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

2

dialect; provincialism

1

tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)

1

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

purification

1

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

1

code; password; cipher

1

deciphering; decoding

1

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

2

to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode

1

penmanship; calligraphy

1

putting off; postponing

1

intelligence

1

to call someone's ability into question; to doubt a ruler's competence

1

indicates emphasis

2

calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

2

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out

2

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)

1

color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing

1

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

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