jpdb beta

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

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to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at

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merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

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shriek of delight; cry of joy

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restaurant

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line; queue; procession; matrix

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congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

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difficult to eat; unpalatable

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coarse; crude; inferior

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to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

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you (plural)

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lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher

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to be put to shame (of an expert); to be no match (for someone); (lit.) to run away barefoot

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to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

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to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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one eyebrow

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contrived; false-sounding

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carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

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dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

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to feel depressed; to be down

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intelligence network; information network

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sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

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of late; lately; this part; this point; here

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to be badly made; to fail

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one's subordinate

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since some time or another; since who-knows-when

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perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

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ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

3

breast; udder

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goggling; rolling (one's eyes)

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frog

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to happen to pass by

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

3

the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

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vicious circle; vicious cycle

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making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

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slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent

3

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

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to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

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blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body

2

back (side); back end; rear

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fire; conflagration

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extinguishing a fire; fire fighting

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fire fighting

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high-angle fire

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