jpdb beta

flippant; saucy; know-all

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non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy

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longbow

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bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

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to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

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four (long cylindrical things)

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to pair with; to pair up; to pair off

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

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innumerable; countless; numberless

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to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

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offense and defense; offence and defence

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because; the reason is; if you want to know why

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maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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the four seasons

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summer

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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autumn; fall

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winter

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

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to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

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strutting; sticking out the chest

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

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resolute; determined; bold

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to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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natural calamity; disaster

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abnormal weather

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harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

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not so

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to be consistent; to be coherent

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succession; continuation; series; sequence

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

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hibernation; winter sleep; torpor

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resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

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circulation; rotation; cycle; loop

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season; time of year

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change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning

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affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

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the ancients; ancient people

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cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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to abandon (ship)

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interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

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lightly; easily; carelessly

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