jpdb beta

defensive-only

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nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish

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not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

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urgency; emergency

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other than; excluding; without

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to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way

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aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

1

just one person; only one

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

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to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment

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one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

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trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

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to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

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madness; insanity

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to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)

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to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

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to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into

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entrails; giblets; tripe; offal

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

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playing in the mud; playing with mud

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

3

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

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uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

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you; I; me; oneself

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to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare

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to open a path

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to force open; to push open

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to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

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precisely because

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relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

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to spit

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nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)

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boiling point

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to overflow from something full

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

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to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

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high spirits; boastful talk

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to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

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to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

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cannot be compared with; no match for

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with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

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