jpdb beta

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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déjà vu

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

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to shake one's head (in denial)

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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to shake off

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another (person); the other person; one more (person)

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humanoid

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evening sun; setting sun

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siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

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of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

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eavesdropping; tapping

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acquaintance

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to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

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originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

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motive; incentive; motif

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contradiction; inconsistency

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to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

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or; otherwise

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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rather; sooner; preferably

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don't you think?; indicates question

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person with an unhealthy romantic obsession

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to be found

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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scan

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

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defense; defence; safeguard; protection

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

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nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

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faint; swoon

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consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit

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what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

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in that manner; like that

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brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing

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annoying; provoking

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to say (something) over one's shoulder

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to press a question; to cross-examine

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