jpdb beta

accidental fire; fire caused by negligence; misfire; failure to ignite

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disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

5

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

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complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

2

to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

2

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1

to gather; to collect; to assemble

5

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

2

each; respectively

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

beforehand; in advance; previously

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(full) name; family name and given name

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

2

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances

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true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

3

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

1

firm promise; definite promise

1

friend

2

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

2

return to an island

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

7

society; the world; the times

2

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

2

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

2

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

4

sail

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paddle; oar; scull

2

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

2

evening; night; dinner

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high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

3

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

3

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

2

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

3

bow (of a ship); prow

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

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stern of a ship

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to boil strongly; to be excited

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to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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moonlight; moonbeam

2

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

2

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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