jpdb beta

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

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prospects of victory; chances of success

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

3

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

3

taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

4

dry ice

6

refrigerant; thermal gel; ice pack; cold pack

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diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

2

carbon dioxide; CO2

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

3

colorless and transparent

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water vapour; water vapor; steam

4

to aerate; to air

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to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced

1

air cooling

1

electric fan

1

dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense

1

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

1

jumping the gun; premature action; omen; portent; first produce of the season (vegetables, fish, etc.); herald; runner sent ahead to announce one's lord's arrival (Muromachi and Edo periods)

1

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

2

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

2

to cut; to slit; to slash

3

mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito

7

completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

1

total; sum total; total amount

2

older sister

2

eldest sister; oldest sister

2

Shouken

2

short hair

2

third daughter

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second daughter

2

monotonous

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gossip

3

physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence

4

witness

1

trick; act

2

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

2

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

1

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

5

ventral

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dark night

2

white

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photo frame (with stand)

3

foldable; collapsible

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printout; (computer) printing

2

used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

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