jpdb beta

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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portrait; likeness; picture

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pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

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melancholy; gloom; grief

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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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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

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qualifications; requirements; capabilities

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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ostentation; display

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downright lie

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irritating; aggravating; upsetting

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very young; little; childish; immature

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powerless; helpless; incompetent

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fist

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such ... as; or some such

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to return; to come back

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish

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hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

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soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

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lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads

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leather gloves

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

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to burst into laughter

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finishing blow; coup de grâce

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory

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report; information

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to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

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seventh day of the month; seven days

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dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

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to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

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to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread

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to want; to desire

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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to soar; to fly; to run; to dash

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raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed

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one drop (of fluid)

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mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

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I; me

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everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

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to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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