jpdb beta

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

3

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

1

how many people; a number of people

1

sympathy; empathy; response

1

presence (impressive quality)

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

1

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

intergenerational

1

difference; discrepancy; variation

1

favour; favor

1

to grant someone's request

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

1

to begin talking; to open up

3

of no interest; not interested

1

rough sketch

1

to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

4

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

simply put; putting it simply; in short

1

as far as I know

1

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

2

to make a lasting impression

1

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

1

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

2

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

3

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

twins; twin

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as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

3

to be reflected in a mirror

1

opposite mirrors

1

fraternal (of twins); diovular; dizygotic; biovular

1

twins

1

identical (of twins); monozygotic; unioval; uniovular

1

appearance; figure; shape; form

3

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

3

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

1

Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

3

adding; addition; extra

1

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

1

hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

4