jpdb beta

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

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to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid

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narrow; thin (sized); slender

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

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fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly

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excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

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assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

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no matter how much time passes

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to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

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injured person; wounded person; casualty

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sending to the rear (esp. a soldier); evacuation from the front; sending later

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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at a stroke; with a single swoop

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person who is ...; thing that is ...

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boisterous dance

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now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

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manly; brave; heroic

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unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold

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to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)

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to say; to be called; to do

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to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

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hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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to be embarrassed for a reply

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handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)

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hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment

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inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

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advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

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to throw into; to dump in together

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just like; the same as; no different than

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sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

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to begin to

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to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

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spearmanship

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true value; real worth

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in order to do; for the purpose of doing

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defensive battle

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period; term; interval

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two weeks; fortnight

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repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

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last night; yesterday evening

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late; slowly

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holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

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