jpdb beta

personal connections

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impossible to do (although wants to)

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pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

2

compelling force; legal force

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

2

rank; standing

1

home; family; household

1

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

1

don't worry; there's no need to worry

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to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

feelings of guilt

1

innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence

1

corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

1

tall (of a person)

1

magician; conjurer; illusionist

3

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

1

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

1

almost everyone

1

resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

1

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

2

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

4

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

6

to ponder; to brood

3

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

2

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

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connection; link; relationship

1

unrelated

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to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

4

magician; illusionist

2

very strange; odd; queer

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

1

being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious

1

attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name

1

lord of a manor; estate steward

2

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

2

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

timid; fainthearted

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

1

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

rejection; dismissal

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to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

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