jpdb beta

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

7

asymmetry

5

one's rival in love

2

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

2

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

want to ... do something; would like to ...

1

preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation

1

committee member

1

work; job; labor; work

5

with these words; while saying

4

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

after; later

3

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

4

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

5

to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

1

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

thanks; gratitude

2

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

3

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

1

beast; brute; animal

1

groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

3

scale; vernier

2

electronic sound

1

ringtone

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

5

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

2

to lie down (and rest)

1

to answer the phone

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

1

article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

smoothly; easily; readily

3

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

5

to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio

7

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

3

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

5

cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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