jpdb beta

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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point of a sword

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king; monarch; ruler; champion

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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treachery

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another thing; other things; another man's property

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to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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otherwise; or else; if not

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to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

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wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

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just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

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whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

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lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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changing one's mind

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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assassination

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to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

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sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

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funnel

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singing voice; (sound of) singing

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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to sidle up to

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hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

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deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

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to pretend; to feign

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killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

3

rustling of clothes

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they

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Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word

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then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

4

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

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extensive; spacious

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marble

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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guard; watchman

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standing tall; towering; soaring

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

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black panther

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supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

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