jpdb beta

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

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fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin; to be compatible; to get along well; to be to one's liking

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that sort of; like that

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Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)

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to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of

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retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

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protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

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to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over

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fog; mist; spray

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rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

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spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

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

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to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

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to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

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side; beside; feature of a sword blade

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moonlight

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so and so; such and such

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(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

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to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

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fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

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in that way; like that; that way

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to feel hot; to flush; to burn

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snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism

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hard worker; hardworking person

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in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

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lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

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to succeed; to bear fruit

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success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

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(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

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slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense

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manyfold

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to dance; to perform dance steps

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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forgetting; lapse of memory

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to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

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slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

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probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

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sensual love; love affair

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to meet face-to-face

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pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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height; acme; extremity; end; limit

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to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

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to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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virtue

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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