jpdb beta

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

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student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)

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difference in social standing; difference in social position

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie

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itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy

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tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

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to eat a mouthful; to take a bite

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one by one; each; every; at intervals of

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sigh; long breath

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to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

2

to get drunk

2

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

2

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

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slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down

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virgin; maiden

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly

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to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

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articulation

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with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

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doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

2

(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

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completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

4

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

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sniff; sniffle; snuffle

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

a long time ago

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to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

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attendance (at school); going to school

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patient; persevering

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to collapse into; to flop onto

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

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to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

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right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right

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carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

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secret

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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heartbeat

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gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

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