jpdb beta

energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

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writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

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going with; accompanying

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fourth

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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seniority; long service

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guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given

2

one's own handwriting; autograph

1

inspection; examination; check

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someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

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to make sense

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to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

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pair

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cloth; fabric

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

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anyhow; in any case

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love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

1

craving; longing; thirsting

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modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

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to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

3

picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops

3

to have a meal; to take a meal

3

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

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not limited to; not just ...

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third lowest division

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only daughter

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death; passing

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service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

2

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

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around ...; or so

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senior; older

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to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

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indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

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patriarch; family head

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long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

2

in fact

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black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

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to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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wet through; drenched

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selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

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