jpdb beta

to become better; to improve

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cave; hollow; cavity; hollow

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eye socket; orbit

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eyeball

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abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

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black hair

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place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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dagger; dirk

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

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promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

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escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

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obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

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to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

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to run off; to break into a run; to start running

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to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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to stoop; to bend over

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to mow down

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

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stepping back; drawing back

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to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

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to slay; to cut down (a foe)

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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to pray; to wish

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

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to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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white hair; grey hair; gray hair

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

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skin

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to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

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reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

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slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient

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to tear off; to rip off

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to thrust away; to send flying

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to collapse into; to flop onto

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