jpdb beta

shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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since; henceforth

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but; however; although

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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report; information

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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foolish; stupid; silly

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

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is not; am not; are not

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be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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adult; grown-up

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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

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one's whole soul

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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to hate; to detest

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having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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borrowing; debt; loan

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to be

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best; greatest; first

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face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

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steel

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swordsmith; swordmaker

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superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

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seven

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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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in history; ever; historical

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Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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raising an army; launching business

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apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

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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)

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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