jpdb beta

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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my; our; one's own

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as soon as; right after

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to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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absolutely necessary

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

2

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

2

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

1

difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude

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thought; idea; ideology

1

disgrace; humiliation

1

good mood; excited mood

1

change of government; regime change

1

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

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engagement; betrothal

3

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

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chopsticks

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bearing; manners

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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does not; can not; will not

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to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed

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to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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passionate; ardent; enthusiastic

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed

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having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon

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refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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motive; incentive; motif

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to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

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(on one's) mind; heed

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both parties; both sides

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to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

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to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

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poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

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bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

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