jpdb beta

to spend time (on doing something)

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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sincere; earnest; serious

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

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tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

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case (container); case (instance, situation); case

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reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

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to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon

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conjecture; guesswork; guess

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

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obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race

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accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right

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pure heart; naivete; innocence

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to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

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certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

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immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

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cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying

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to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to

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person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection

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capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

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to feel inferior; to feel small

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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of no use; useless; not fit for purpose

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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homeroom; form room; form class

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

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fortunately; luckily; thankfully

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to experience

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to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

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by myself; in person; by oneself

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kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

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children; juvenile

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and so; therefore; for that reason

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to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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the front; honest; upright; decent

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reply; response; answer

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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nuance

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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