jpdb beta

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

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to bear; to endure

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here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

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pail; bucket

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

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to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

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once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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a little more

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features; looks

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government office; agency; board

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then; well; so; be; is

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live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

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one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters

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stingy; cheap; very frugal

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remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

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aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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good person; virtuous person

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3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

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two or three days

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before ... days (months, etc.)

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to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

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

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selfish; self-centred; egotistical

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charity; almsgiving

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to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

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rich person

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contrast; antithesis; comparison

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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year end

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traveler; traveller

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to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

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curt; blunt; cold; short

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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to expel; to drive out

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poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

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bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

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pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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you (plural)

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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punishment; penalty

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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to sit (down)

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how can (one) do something

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