jpdb beta

to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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if I (we, etc.) could

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to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell

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really; truly; indeed; good grief

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this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

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to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

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to change one's clothes

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

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execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

3

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

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one's mother

2

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

2

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

3

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

3

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

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from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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bad habit; bad habits

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following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

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flattery; sycophancy; adulation

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance

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farmland; rice field or paddy

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boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

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narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

after; since

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misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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flood

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession

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to be kind to; to treat kindly

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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