jpdb beta

curse; malediction; hex

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frequently; very often

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to attract attention

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Zen priest

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behind one's back

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Saemonnojou

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past misdeeds; old crimes

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brokerage company

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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wickedness; wicked person

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means; way; measure

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reference; allusion

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unwounded skin

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return; restoration; refund; (duty) drawback

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second

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petition; complaint; (legal) brief

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to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain

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true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

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the third

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nominal; in name only; titular

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second marriage

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess

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lady-killer; casanova; Don Juan; kabuki actor who has mastered the art of romantic acting

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charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

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losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard

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jurisdiction; control

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underling; subordinate official

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insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance

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cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision

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entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

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the street; the town

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posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

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miscellaneous matters

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

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something small; something petty; trifle

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spoon

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job; work; duties; trade; skill

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to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

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white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

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to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

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undercurrent

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to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

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potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

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explosion; rupture; break off

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foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

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best

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control; management; supervision

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to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

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