jpdb beta

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

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extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

2

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

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wide; broad

3

by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

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to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

2

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

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breastplate; chest protector; bib

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slap; smack; spanking

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highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging

2

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

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to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient

1

showing one's face in public; facing another person

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

1

script; libretto; scenario

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riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

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full of; brimming with

2

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 pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

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lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

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playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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war movie

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to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

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to collide; to clash

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to cross swords with

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locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition

3

holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)

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oneself; myself

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at will

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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point of a sword

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three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

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to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

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to cut at; to slash at

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feint

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overhand grip

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showy; ostentatious

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panel

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remaining quantity; residual quantity

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dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

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upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

2

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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