jpdb beta

advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

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spot; point; place; position

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action; operation; process; agency; effect; function

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breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

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putting into operation; invocation

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direct unforked road; straight path

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irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly

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relation; connection; relevance

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to become (a state, condition, etc.)

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(direct) hit; hitting the mark

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precondition; prerequisite

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to affect; to impact; to influence

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not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful

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decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key

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imaginary

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to kill one's enemy (opponent)

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one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

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forest; woodland; woods; area of dense woody vegetation

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to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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only once

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jump; leap; skip; bound

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to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish

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to bear; to shoulder

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to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

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congeniality; satisfaction; gratification; critical hit

2

to freeze

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to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

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(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision

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explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

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stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

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just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of

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tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation

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seeing in the dark; night vision

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liquid

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drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply

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to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

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intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

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being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)

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to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

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to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

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according to plan; as planned; on target

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strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements

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telling blow

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with

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