jpdb beta

precedent

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palace

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crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

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pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed

6

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

2

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

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structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

1

intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky

1

much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone

1

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

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height; acme; extremity; end; limit

1

end of the earth

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to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

2

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

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medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist

2

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

2

cross; crossed; cruciform

2

rack; mount; stand

2

find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

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ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

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to estimate

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relative; relation

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current boyfriend

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ecclesiastical or educational authority

2

to mark the end; to spell the end

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payment

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continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

1

blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

3

bewilderment; confusion

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participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser

1

10,000; ten thousand

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barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

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(a) plain

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grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

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rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

2

roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file

3

transient life; ephemeral existence

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thousands; several thousand

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missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

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blind obedience

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correction; revision; amendment

3

to install; to equip; to mount

1

to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged

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Caesar

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to be started; to get underway

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