jpdb beta

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

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to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

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oilily; slimily; slipperily

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

2

to run around

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manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

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skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

2

private room

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bedroom

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information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report

1

powerful person; influential person

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entering; going into

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late at night

3

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

5

biological child; one's own child

1

employee; servant

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lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid

2

to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

2

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

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to pay attention; to be watchful

2

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

1

tension; strain

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twice; again; second time

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to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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dead of night; midnight

2

to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone

4

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

3

many; many kinds

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lese majesty; lèse-majesté

1

tyrant; despot

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lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

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something (or other)

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urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

5

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

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coup d'état; coup

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

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

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to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

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