jpdb beta

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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sickroom; hospital room; ward

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it seems that; as if

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traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

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Rome

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drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

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to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

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secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

3

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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it may be because

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strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance

1

Catholic (church)

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church; congregation

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room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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confidentially; privately; off the record

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idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

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art; fine arts

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Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene

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purity; chastity

2

virginity; maidenhood; maidenhead

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

2

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

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obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

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idiomatic expression; idiom; fixed expression

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wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

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virgin soil

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Christ

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image; figure; figure; form; image

2

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion

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a crown of thorns

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Gospel of Mark (book of the Bible)

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Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)

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description; account

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sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

2

early (days); initial stage; initial

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cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

2

age; era; period; date

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to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

4

apologetic

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bad habit; bad habits

2

self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

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to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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