jpdb beta

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

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to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

rather than

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speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

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very likely; very probable

2

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

1

age; years

3

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

3

thirty; 30

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-years-old

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

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tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

2

fifty; 50

3

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

2

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

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mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

3

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

3

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort

1

paper-thin (difference)

1

eulogy; compliment

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

2

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

3

to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset

2

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)

2

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

4

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

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shape; form

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leg strength; walking ability; running ability

3

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

1

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

2

characteristic

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short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

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