jpdb beta

pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)

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firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly

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substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

2

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

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best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most

3

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

2

to fling (away); to hurl

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

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completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)

2

baseball

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ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

2

some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

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descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)

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immediately adjacent

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bare hand; empty hand

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such a thing; something like that

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

2

to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

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sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer

2

isn't it; right?; you know?

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for a while; for some time; for a period

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preliminary test or trial; tryout; workout; warm-up

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ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

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clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

2

raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning

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the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

2

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady

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to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

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aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)

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

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ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap

3

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

3

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

2

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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to cut at; to slash at

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wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

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to await; to wait for; to expect

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support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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