jpdb beta

to begin to speak

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)

1

literature; books (reference); document

2

old; olden

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

2

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

4

spirit; soul; ghost

1

intimate; close

1

to be pleased; to be in a good mood

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

number; amount

2

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

2

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

1

Half-elf

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to be badly made; to fail

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

5

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

5

to be possible to occur

2

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

2

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

3

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

1

atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type

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rare; extraordinary; singular

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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ancestor

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phenomenon

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to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

1

exemplar; model; example; pattern

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answer; solution

1

(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

3

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

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descendant; posterity; offspring

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to have the memory of having done something oneself

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inferior species; inferior breed; inferior race

1

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

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strong interaction; strong force

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children

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envy

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persecution; oppression

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to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

1

evidence; proof

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