jpdb beta

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

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headlong; head over heels

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downcast look

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to be clever; to be quick-witted; to seem talented

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making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)

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to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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buoyantly; airily; with a light heart

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evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace

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suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk

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to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

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selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute); selling out (to a competitor); selling off

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true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

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bright red; deep red

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one second

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something (or other)

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profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

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Yasuhiro

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Ba Yi (ancient Chinese dance practiced in the court of the Zhou king)

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lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable

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original text

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both people

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way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

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like this; such; thus; in this way

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continuing day and night

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evening sun; setting sun

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grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie

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dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

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deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

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very deep

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to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander

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moment by moment; hour by hour

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mist; fog

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to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)

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boy; kid; child

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open; spacious; extensive

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dry riverbed; river beach

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to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

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wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

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one's remaining years

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polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

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roaming; drifting about; wandering; drifting (with the current, on the tide, etc.)

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to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

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wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

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