jpdb beta

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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successor

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Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega

1

competition; contest

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one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

2

social meeting place; watering hole

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds

1

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

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canapé

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pleasant talk; chat

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with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

1

associate editor; deputy editor

1

fixed date; appointed day

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coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

2

alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

1

admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform

1

platform; home; home base; home plate

3

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

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Aoshi

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departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

1

dull sound; muffled sound

1

to pick at; to peck at

2

operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

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talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

1

sexual harassment

2

snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

1

temperature control

1

noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright

1

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

2

to look upward

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to be forward; to be impertinent

1

a little tight; a little snug; a little strong; a little harsh

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pluralizing suffix

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to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

kissing

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emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

impurity; obscenity

1

feigned; pretending (not to know)

1

interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

1

being startled; getting a shock

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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close to the ear

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to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

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best

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beaver; viva

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