jpdb beta

intention; aim; design

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rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

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to become hoarse

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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and; thereupon; because of that

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

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rather; sooner; preferably

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to be the case that

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to ascertain; to check; to make sure

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that is to say; so that means

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

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to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

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clear; precise; definite; distinct

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reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

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what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

2

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

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lawsuit; complaint

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real intention; true motive; true meaning

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vigorous; healthy; sound

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setting off (on a trip); departure

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to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming

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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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flightless bird

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dawn breaks; day dawns

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to overflow from something full

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to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down

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last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene

5

to be touching; to be moving

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hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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classmate

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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

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to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

4

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

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on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

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twenty-six

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last farewell

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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voiceless; unvoiced; silent; noiseless

2

superb poem or song

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the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

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intimate; close

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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farmer; peasant

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to exert oneself; to make efforts

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