jpdb beta

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

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to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

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pity; compassion

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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any number of times

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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to intervene; to stop (something)

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we

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to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

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acquaintance

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humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

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friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

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cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer

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to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless

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unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

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both sides

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(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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appearance; air; condition; state; form

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doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

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consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption

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totally naked; buck naked

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love scene; bedroom scene; sex scene

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at a moment's notice; readily

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artist

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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artistic

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chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

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to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

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to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

2

hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)

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speech and conduct; words and deeds

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unpredictability; element of surprise

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depth; length

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introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development

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change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

3

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

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developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)

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to clear away; to remove; to demolish

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brand new; fresh

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underline

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go for it; keep at it

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to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out

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