jpdb beta

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

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coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

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omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)

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pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking

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neither

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to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

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vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

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formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

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strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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joint; link; knot; tie-together point

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conscience

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suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

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to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

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to wait and see; to see how the land lies

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bucket; pail

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean

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to wipe; to dry

3

big; large; great

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to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

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to save; to leave over; to spare

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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to plunder; to grab; to snatch

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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place; situation; position; location

3

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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brazenly; unabashedly

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to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

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to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

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(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

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to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

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to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

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to lose one's composure

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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I see; that's right; indeed

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to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

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injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

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originally; by nature; from the start

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emotional strength; force of will

3

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

poor; lame; ill-prepared

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indicate reason; infers some protest

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equality; impartiality; evenness

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to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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