jpdb beta

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

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secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away

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searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells

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to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

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to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

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(short) rest; breather; break

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human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

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the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

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remarkably; noticeably

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task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

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hard work

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enemy attack; enemy raid

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rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies

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waiting one's turn

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total (number); count

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combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine; manufacturing one part out of multiple different parts

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chimera; chimaera; chimera; chimaera

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miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

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launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; end (of a project, theatrical run, etc.); close; party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party

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eating out; dining out

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treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

2

to jump up and down; to hop

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reasonable (price, fee, fare, rate, etc.); reasonably priced; affordable; reasonable (judgment, policy, response, etc.); appropriate; sensible

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to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

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private opinion; personal view; personal opinion

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capital; principal

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merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree

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going on a pleasure jaunt

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funds; capital

2

job separation rate; job turnover

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employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job

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estimated value; appraised value; appraisement

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imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

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grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off

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single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed

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necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials

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traffic; volume or quantity of goods transported

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spare time; free time; leisure time

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haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste

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appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing

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to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

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profile

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to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

2

to be based in (a place)

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local specialty; special product (of a region)

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shortage of stock; scarcity of goods; being in short supply

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without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately

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full

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guidance

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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