jpdb beta

taking the initiative

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aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

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same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

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wise man

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adherent; devotee; believer

1

to count; to enumerate

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to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

3

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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if; in case; supposing

2

honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness

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state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition

1

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation

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(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

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layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

3

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

4

furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

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to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

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innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity

3

art of conversation

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

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so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case

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desperation; struggle to the death

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category

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to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

1

(imperial) reign; period

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kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

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doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

3

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

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to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

3

to rescue; to free

1

certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

1

falsehood; lie

1

pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

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ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

1

melee

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ground; earth's surface

3

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

7

to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow

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cloud of dust

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to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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troops; group members; team members

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to wrap up

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to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

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