jpdb beta

swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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small bird; little bird

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in fact

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lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

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kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

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to the end; to the last

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to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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for this reason

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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fatal wound

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tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

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in comparison to; rather than

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fortunes of war

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sanity; consciousness; soberness

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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means; is; as for

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within

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Unlimited

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blade; braid

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Works

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these

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insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance

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to be conceited

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hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel

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mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

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soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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to chop (a branch, etc.)

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pond

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

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to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

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complaint

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acute ear; good ear

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to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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like this; this sort; this way

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fake (work); counterfeit

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failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

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to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

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stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

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even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

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right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

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to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

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once more; again

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