jpdb beta

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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incident; affair; happening; event

2

to cast a shadow

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to hate; to dislike

2

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

2

to step firmly; to harden by treading

2

singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

3

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

2

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

2

rather than

2

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

1

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

selection; choice; option

4

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

2

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

2

aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

2

to cast down one's eyes

2

long time; many years

2

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

3

pangs of conscience

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

3

illustration; drawing

1

suspicion (of others); jealousy

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

1

lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

3

offensive; aggressive

2

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

one's dominant hand

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

face to face; between two persons

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

3

ability; skill; facility

2

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

2

by myself; in person; by oneself

5

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

reference; consultation

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

3

scattered; separated; dispersed

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

2

dealing with; coping with

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

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