jpdb beta

great person; outstanding talent; hero

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on what business

3

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

telling; stating

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

2

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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to make an appearance; to show up

1

good evening

1

sitting in circle; round straw mat

2

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

8

outbreak of war; starting a war

1

the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

enemy camp; enemy line

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now that; since; so long as; because

5

secret understanding; collusion; betrayal

5

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

3

desire; appetite; lust

3

to pack (in box); to drive to wall

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guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

2

fool; dunce; idiot

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

2

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

10

still; as yet; as of old

4

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

2

only daughter

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melee

1

to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force

4

in camp; at the front

1

greatly; really

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type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

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to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

1

harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate

1

to delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retard

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method; process; manner; way; means; technique

2

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

1

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve

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crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)

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fairy; sprite; elf

2

assumed innocence; feigned ignorance

3

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

4

surely (not); certainly (not)

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fraud; swindle

2

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

3

male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)

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