jpdb beta

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

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idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely

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to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

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fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

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crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

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to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

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bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed

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to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

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to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head

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place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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curse; spell; malediction

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

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doze; nap; snooze

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sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance

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being on duty; being on watch; person on duty

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to rub; to scrub; to scrape

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to jump up to one's feet

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civil official

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it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

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millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)

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urgent business

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sidelocks; hair at the temples

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urgency; exigency; emergency

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business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

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meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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expectation; assume will happen; forecast

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confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

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to lie deep in; to extend far back

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indoor; inside the room

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ornament; decoration

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unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

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residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood

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over the top; thickly; heavily; richly

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materials; data; document

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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slum

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master; Your lordship; My lord; husband

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show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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