jpdb beta

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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eight; 8

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as a child; when one was a child

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crybaby; blubberer

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to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

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to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

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therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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in those days

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even now; still; as yet

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

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to be charmed by; to be attracted to; to be taken with; to be drawn to

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to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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because

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to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

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compared with

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly

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one's whole heart; everything one feels

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to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up

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to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

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close to the ear

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facing upward

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to lie down; to throw oneself down

2

starry sky

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the exact opposite

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along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)

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brickwork

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early morning

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pedestrian traffic

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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to wrap up

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ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down

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to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

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no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt

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to look old; to get old

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to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in

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you (plural)

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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rocky mountain

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stone pillar

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

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