jpdb beta

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

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opinion; point of view; visual point

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sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

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volley; fusillade

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

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hail of bullets

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to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

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prediction; estimation

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relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; with the sole purpose of ...; based on (mutual consent, etc.)

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to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

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good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

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in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

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short spear

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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unsheathed sword

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to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down

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sword fight; sword play

1

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

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to repeat; to be frequent

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exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

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one's weak point

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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fate; destiny; lot

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contrastive

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actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

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belief; faith; conviction

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to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

3

to gaze long at

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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start; beginning; first step; clue

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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rim; brim; edge; brink

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to rush over; to run up to

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body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

3

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

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to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

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point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

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liquid

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to trickle down

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to take (be in) charge of

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breast; chest

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to pierce

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deathbed; hour of death

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hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)

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