jpdb beta

to be born; to come into the world

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guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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future; possible; potential; prospective

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long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

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fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog

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poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

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to vacate; to move out

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to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

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a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life

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the throne; the crown

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it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods

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reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

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to age; to grow old

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sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations

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to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

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to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

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charisma

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contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

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maintenance costs

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marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

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like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul

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these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

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efficiency

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to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

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bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque

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seventy; 70

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to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)

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ticklish; embarrassing

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cleavage (between breasts)

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research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study

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one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life

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praise; extolment; extollment

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revolutionary (e.g. technology)

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what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

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analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse

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difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

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to gain strength; to increase ability

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one's twenties

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pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

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to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

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without sparing time for sleep

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personification; impersonation; embodiment

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what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing

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front line; forefront

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divine protection

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