jpdb beta

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings

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puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish

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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

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entrance; front door

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to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

1

going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing

1

to press (one's body, cheek, etc.) against; to rub against; to snuggle (one's head, etc.) into

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

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compulsive kisser; person who gives many kisses; person who likes kissing others

2

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

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God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person

3

very

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to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

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to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

2

puddle of blood; pool of blood

2

committee member

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grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

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behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

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emotional scars; mental trauma

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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contradiction; inconsistency

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so far as

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article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

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to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)

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thought; idea; ideology

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putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

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to lay aside; to set aside

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to plunder; to grab; to snatch

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to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something

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to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

2

binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)

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action

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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sender; consignor; remitter

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being left out; being ostracized

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this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)

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to approach; to draw near

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invitation

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delivery pizza; home-delivered pizza

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pizza; fat, ugly person

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thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate

1

white sauce; béchamel sauce

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ignorance; innocence; stupidity

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mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team

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four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips

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union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation

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