jpdb beta

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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last night

3

since then; from that time; ever since

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

1

to recover consciousness; to come to

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nightmare; bad dream

2

all night long; all through the night

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

4

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

1

to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

1

termite; white ant

7

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

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as we know

2

society; the world; the times

3

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

2

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

2

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

3

even

3

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

2

to break into (houses here and there); to rampage

1

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

3

to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

8

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

3

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

each; every

5

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

3

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

7

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

5

literally; to the letter; literal

1

fear; dread; fright; willies

1

thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy

3

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

4

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

1

conclusion

3

method of treatment; cure; remedy

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

seriously sick person

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

1

region; limits; stage; level

1

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

6

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

2

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

5

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

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conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

2