jpdb beta

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

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qualitative difference; disparity; gap

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ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...

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layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

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remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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sensible; sensuous; intuitive

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to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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is not; am not; are not

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

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while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

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to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room

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to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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

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appointment

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(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields

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shorter way; shortcut

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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balance

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quick pace

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lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily

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to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home

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smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

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to do

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please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in

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evening meal; dinner; supper

1

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

1

(the thing) itself

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living; lifestyle; living room

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to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

2

eat-in kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room

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partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

2

kitchen

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

3

introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

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courteous; decorous; polite

2

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

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older sister; lass; young lady

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