jpdb beta

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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back (of a chair); backrest

3

to experience

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god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper

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one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

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vertical; perpendicular

5

drawing; painting; picture

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

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to walk; to move forward; to make progress

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to look into; to peep into; to peer into

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for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

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to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

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with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

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to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)

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to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

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with a light pull; with a gentle tug; with a small motion

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left eye

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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metal fittings; metal fixtures

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to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

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exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

1

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

1

ponytail

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to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

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one; one

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grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

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to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

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to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

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round and cute (esp. of eyes)

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pupil (of the eye); one's eyes

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downward glance; contemptuous look

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to glare at; to scowl at

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to grasp tightly

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now; come (now); well

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to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)

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difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

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thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...

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flight; escape

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dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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retaliation; revenge

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bisection

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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death by drowning

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to change one's mind

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tag (children's game); tig

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to become rounded; to roll into a ball

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that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...

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