jpdb beta

merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

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to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon

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to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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impudent; cheeky

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to understand from experience

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to spread (a report)

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wild flowers

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to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

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look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

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different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

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(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

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to force open; to push open

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

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evening breeze

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barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet

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to tighten the reins; to bring (someone) under control

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mania; wild excitement

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

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pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

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to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

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to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

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acceleration; speeding up

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essence; true nature; substance; reality

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slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)

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(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one

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stardust

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lofty (high) building; skyscraper

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

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tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly

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to go into a huddle

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(not) in the slightest; (not) at all

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high-grade sake

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immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

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to alternate; to take turns

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two; 2

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ox or whale penis, used as a tonic or aphrodisiac

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hermit; recluse

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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riddle; puzzle; enigma

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song; singing

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in good humor (humour)

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awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

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eyebrow

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Jabir Ibn Hayyan (721-815)

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west coast; west bank

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large river

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sandbank (in a river); sandbar

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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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