jpdb beta

bundle; bunch; sheaf

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

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delight; great joy

2

to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

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galley (tray); galley proof

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mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to

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writing vertically; vertical writing

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printing

2

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

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meanwhile; in the meantime

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living room (Western style); sitting room

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face (of person)

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pale; pallid

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

6

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

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set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

4

nimbly; lightly

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to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

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to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant

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to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

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feeble

3

to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

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direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)

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tempo

3

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

2

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)

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to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans

1

to become better; to improve

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

2

was

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misleading (someone); manipulation (e.g. of public opinion)

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

1

new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer

1

advice

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to take out; to drag out

2

note; memo; memorandum

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand

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to stretch (one's body)

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

2

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

2

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

2

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

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