jpdb beta

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

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a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

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to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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excess personnel; redundant staff

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unused

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group (usu. of people)

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next generation; future generation

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excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)

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to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

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return; coming back

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early teens

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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to temper thoroughly; to train well

3

powerful; strong

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(one) could even say that

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military drill; training

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drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation

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not covered (by); not subject (to)

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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cadet

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mule

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young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

2

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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to say; to be called; to do

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it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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proponent; exponent; advocate

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embodiment

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since one was born; (in) all one's life

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ten years; decade

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severe; fierce; stern

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defensive fight (battle)

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unfinished; unfilled (order); unexecuted

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no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

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usually; under usual circumstances

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less than; under; below

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murder; murderer

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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furthermore; even more

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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

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the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

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kindness; favor; favour

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words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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childish; child-like; innocent; naive

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to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough

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leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

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