jpdb beta

broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large

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(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

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to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

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discontent and grumbling

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dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

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end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

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desire; wish; request

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to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)

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stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

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direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim

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duty; obligation

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calamity; disaster; misfortune

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pollution; public nuisance; contamination

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to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

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large number (of); many; majority

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going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"

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

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to die a natural death (at an advanced age); to live out one's allotted span of life

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

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waste; extravagance

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to call out; to ask someone to come

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to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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neither

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

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platform; home; home base; home plate

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ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

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chessboard

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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birdcage

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cage; pen; (jail) cell

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to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain

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to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

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to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

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lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly

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to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

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one's social position; one's place; one's standing

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

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measure; step; action

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however; nevertheless

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(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

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since then; after that

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up

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to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

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sorry; apologetic; remorseful

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as one of

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