jpdb beta

(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)

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at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

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having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

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job; work; duties; trade; skill

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

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mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

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(one's efforts) not being enough; not succeeding (despite one's best efforts); not being up to the task; being beyond one's ability

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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responsibility; duty; obligation

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together; in company

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grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

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would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

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every person; each one; everybody

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bodyguard; escort

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composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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close escort; close protection

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to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

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strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement

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tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone

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silence; stillness; quietness

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dawn breaks; day dawns

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Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

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-ish; -like

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to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

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date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days

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to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand

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eyelid

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willpower; energy; vitality

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very

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

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drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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harassment; pestering

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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 have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

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betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

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plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

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bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

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to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)

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waiting in vain

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to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

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shift system

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watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

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snow; snowfall

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still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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