jpdb beta

rather; better; instead; if anything

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Blowin' in the wind

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to blow out (a flame)

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to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

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irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

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to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness

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to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

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ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

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plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

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abatement; reduction

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to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

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capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent

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newspaper company

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article; news story; report; account

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

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funds; capital

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trial product; prototype model

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kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals

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to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

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first tea ceremony of New Year

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Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism

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tea party; get-together; tea ceremony

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tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

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gesture; sign; hand signal

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to make use of; to lend money

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equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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spirit; disposition

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if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

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cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

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to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

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crouched burial

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to whine; to make feeble complaints

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

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first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka

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wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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to bud

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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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autofocus; auto focus; anal sex

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