jpdb beta

(in) the air; midair; sky

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that's so, however ...

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Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

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King of Kings

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purgatory

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rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

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deep crimson

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my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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one's repertoire of pitches; balls at hand (in pachinko)

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play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)

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continue (option)

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contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

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whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

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discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

4

to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

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dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

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self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

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field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion

2

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry

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to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)

2

what kind of; what sort of; what

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to stop (plug) one's ears

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sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

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partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse

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cannot be helped; unavoidable

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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unworthy; unbecoming; improper

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floating pier

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to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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shape of a pillar or column

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to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

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to do one's best; to put forth every effort

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hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

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he himself; his personal

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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death (of a person)

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(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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fillet; tenderloin

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to fly in the sky

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piranha

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blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out

2

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

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filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)

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family-oriented; familial

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