jpdb beta

short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

2

sleazy; vulgar; low-life; shabby

1

receiver; recipient

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

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things; everything

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anything and everything; just about everything

2

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

2

feelings of guilt

3

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

welcome home

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

compared with

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details; particulars

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

riskiness; (level of) danger

1

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

4

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

1

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

1

minimum; lowest; minimal; least

1

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

1

pessimism; negative thinking

1

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

2

in those days

2

to fight against; to oppose; to face

1

to lose heart; to lose motivation

2

hindsight-based opinion

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

3

to think constantly about; to dwell on

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surprise

4

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

4

serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence

2

to smile

2

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

2

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

2

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

1

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

1

tenacity; endurance

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

earnestly

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gloom; mental depression

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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