jpdb beta

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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to need; to call for; to require

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to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

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dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

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friend

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position

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leavings; leftovers

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to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy

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touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen

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to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

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shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

2

lending and borrowing

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to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

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tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab

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black tea

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cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

3

scene; sight; scenario; setting

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meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

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boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

2

index finger; forefinger; second toe

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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pure

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how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

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idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

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to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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cause; origin; source

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like that; that way

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to bear; to endure

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to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame

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mass production

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dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

2

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

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hegemony

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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great emperor; ... the Great

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juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

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

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disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

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