jpdb beta

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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deep-fried food

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hard to get; hard to come by

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disorder; chaos; confusion

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everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

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scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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nowadays; recently

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

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just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)

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how long; how far; how much

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sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

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to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

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slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

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consequence; outcome; result; blame

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to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood

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shut up!; be quiet!

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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first meeting; first interview with

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complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation

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episode; anecdote; vignette

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once upon a time; a long time ago

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suddenly; all of a sudden

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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to happen to be present

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to accompany; to go with; to go together

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

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to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

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right beside; close to; nearby

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beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

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to surge; to well up; to gush out

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bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite

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dancing; dance

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marriage proposal; courtship

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implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

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firm refusal

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to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

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dance

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learning by watching others; learning by imitation

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to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

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ad lib; ad-lib

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ability; faculty

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to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

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beyond comparison; incomparable

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side; beside; feature of a sword blade

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more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

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weak point; unskillfulness

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soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

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self-consciousness; self-awareness

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gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)

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