jpdb beta

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

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dark

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

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hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

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to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

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state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

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dispersing; breaking up; running away

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anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

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massive failure; debacle; fiasco

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symposium; round-table discussion

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suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

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healthy; sound; wholesome

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to be well-known

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teary eyes

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to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

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value; worth; merit

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to refer to; to use as reference

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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near oneself; close to one; familiar

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to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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Asumi

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reference; consultation

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Friday

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to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

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(written) proposal

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glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

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winning by an ippon; winning by a point

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to rack one's brain

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randori (freestyle judo training)

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

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to discuss; to talk together

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joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

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desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

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root; basis; foundation

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running alongside; pacesetting; accompanying

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report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

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to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

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thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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

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one hour

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Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

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