jpdb beta

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

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money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

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delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler

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limits; end; bounds

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

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empathy

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to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

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people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)

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brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint

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to act; to take action

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one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

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to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

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(religious) faith; belief; creed

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

one's future course

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if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

short-term

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to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

spot cash; cash payment; immediate payment (in cash); cash down

1

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

2

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)

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preparation; arrangements

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to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification

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to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

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to have time free; to have time to spare

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the whole day; all the day

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dagger

5

short sword; small sword

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(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout

1

thick; meaty; fleshy

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thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

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normal practice; proper practice

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one's own style; self-taught manner

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gossip; corner of the mouth

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front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)

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dusk; twilight

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veil of darkness; curtain of night

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overhand grip

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