jpdb beta

guess; speculation; supposition

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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phrase; strawberry

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

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Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good

4

world conquest; world domination; taking over the world

2

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

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total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

1

brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

3

arbitration; conciliation; mediation

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

2

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

1

tremor; fluctuation

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to invite in; to show someone in

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

1

choices; alternatives; options

1

to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

1

human habitation

1

direct unforked road; straight path

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

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camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

2

waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

2

concealment; suppression; hiding

6

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

2

dim; gloomy

1

unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably

1

taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather

1

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

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land

3

pine tree

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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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plant; vegetation

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel

1

large Japanese junk

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treasure ship; picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

as far as I know

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aquatic (life); living in the water

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skin diving; free diving

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to swim around

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private citizen; civilian

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fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

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seaweed

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to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

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