jpdb beta

to hold fast; to protect to the end

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in fact

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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the five senses

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

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conditioned reflex

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papier-mâché; something that looks good superficially; sham

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what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

2

uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

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sign; symbol; mark

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emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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automatic

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

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empty; vacant; hollow

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(body) weight

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creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

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skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

3

to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

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to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

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curse; vilification

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to backfire; to have a harmful result

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(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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family name; house name; family honour; family honor

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

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wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

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trisection; dividing into three (parts)

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freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

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tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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temperature control

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measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

2

scenery; scene; landscape

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to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

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to grasp tightly

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander

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paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

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daydream; waking dream

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to fall asleep; to sleep deeply

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either way; in any case; one way or another

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tiredness; fatigue

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