jpdb beta

cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

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to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

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ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

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addition; supplement; appending; appendix

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hesitation; indecision; vacillation

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cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

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distance; range

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

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making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

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hostage

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shoji paper

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

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phew; whew

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(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

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till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

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duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

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moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

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shoulder width (breadth)

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spacious; vast; wide

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to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

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loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

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elbow

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to fold up; to fold into layers

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somehow; somewhat; seemingly

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forward inclination (of the body); bending forward; anteversion

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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even though; despite; when

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doing whatever one pleases

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to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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this

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pet dog

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spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

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's; of; belonging to

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dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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(made of) stone; stone-built

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molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling

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ambiguity

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neither

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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