jpdb beta

to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms

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if is not; if are not

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if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

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cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

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troublesome; bothersome

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top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical

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vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true

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example; an instance

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representative; exemplary; model

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concrete example

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to cite an example

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minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

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change; conversion; transformation; transformation

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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slow; lagging; tardy

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blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

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allegory; fable; parable

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to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

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horse dung

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evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

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rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

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complete (e.g. a game)

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to prostrate oneself before

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to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away

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to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

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to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

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choice; preference

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to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

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writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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being left out; being ostracized

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good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

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to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

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whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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data processing

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explosion; rupture; break off

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change; alteration; modification

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adaptation; accommodation; conformity

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practice; practising; training; study

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vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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excelling; surpassing; outdoing

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to deliver; to hand over; to transfer

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touching (somebody)

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having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

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madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)

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slope; slanting surface; bevel

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(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

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