jpdb beta

25; twenty five

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time; years

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to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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almost; nearly; close to

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earlobe

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(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

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reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

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happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

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to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active

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equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

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father

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father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

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with a creak; creakily

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

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all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

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to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate

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to cross one's mind; to occur to one

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instant death

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to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

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to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

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ash; ashes

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each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)

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to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

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to put on (clothing, esp. new)

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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last days; the end; one's fate

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artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

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other side; opposite side; other party

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to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

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fragmentary

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integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

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evidence; proof

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gene

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arranging; ordering; sequence (e.g. DNA sequence); arrangement; array

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blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related

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to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

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cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

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to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

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simple honesty; tactless frankness

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to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

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mother

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to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

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yearned for; longed for; missed

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opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

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