jpdb beta

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

excuse; explanation

1

loyal retainer; loyal subject

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

disloyal retainer; treacherous subject

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

2

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

1

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

2

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

1

to keep silent

1

cold sweat; greasy sweat

1

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

4

to swim

2

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

1

puppet; marionette

2

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

1

thread; yarn; string

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

collapse; downfall

1

(social) position; status

2

preference; priority; precedence

1

to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare

1

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

3

ten years; decade

2

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

2

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

2

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

1

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

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

2

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

1

usually; under usual circumstances

1

this sort of

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

Japan

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monarchy

1

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

1

without

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to live; to make a living; to get on with

1

president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy

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