jpdb beta

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

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custom; habit; customary practice

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only once

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grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

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respect; esteem; regard

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favor; favour; affection

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taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

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appointing to a responsible post; making much of

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kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

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making do; getting by (somehow); managing

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progress; advance; improvement; development

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power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity

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link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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being alive

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concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

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to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

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very; much; greatly; a lot of

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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trade; commerce

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tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious

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elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

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harbour

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preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

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(elder) sister

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recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

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substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

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one's twenties

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colour; color; hue; tints

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taciturn

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

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demotion; relegation; downgrading

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(social) position; status

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

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one's house; one's home; one's family

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separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)

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strict order; peremptory command

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to wait impatiently for

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arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

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remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation

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cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

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