jpdb beta

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

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being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

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tomorrow; near future

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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this morning

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investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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neck; head; dismissal; discharge

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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you (plural)

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vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

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means; is; as for

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you; I; me; oneself

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

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advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug

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sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass

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a little bit; a little while

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head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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to follow another's example

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom

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(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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to capture; to seize; to plunder

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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what

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worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

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consequence; outcome; result; blame

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fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

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wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury

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flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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grief; sorrow

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since when; from when; how long

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

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to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

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to be needed; to be wanted

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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

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