jpdb beta

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

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shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)

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to put one's strength into

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foreign country

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savage; barbarian; aboriginal

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

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with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap

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left shoulder

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using all one's strength; using all one's might

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to push down; to press down; to force down; to depress

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to snap; to break (under pressure)

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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to cut apart; to split; to divide; to cut open

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right in half

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falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)

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evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace

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to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

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to break into fragments; to go to pieces

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steel helmet

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to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

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surrender

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intellectual

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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advantage; benefit; profit; interest

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to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

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to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

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homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

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had better ...; had better not ...

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great sword; grand sword

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halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

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to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

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respect; esteem; regard

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measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

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without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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unlucky

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odds and ends; all; every

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

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advance; charge

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thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

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chief god

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to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

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after one's death

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(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me

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