jpdb beta

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done

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large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)

6

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

4

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

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height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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thicket; coppice; brushwood

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to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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to choose; to select

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newcomer; tyro

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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

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to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

2

if I (we, etc.) could

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

3

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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hardship; toil; trouble

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in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

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neck; head; dismissal; discharge

6

they; those guys

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

6

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

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to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle

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this

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buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

3

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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all night long; all through the night

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mosquito

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

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to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

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at first; initially; in the beginning

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

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to strain every nerve; to feel nervous

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to get late; to advance; to wear on

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sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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chilliness; coldness

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