jpdb beta

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

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megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer

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oral proceedings; oral pleadings

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public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

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criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

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evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)

2

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

5

based on

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what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

1

draft; rough copy

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lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration

1

ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death; rising to heaven

1

soul; spirit; ghost

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

2

sound of voice; vocal sound

1

emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)

1

five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

1

having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

1

to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)

1

pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

2

responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing

1

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

1

tag (children's game); tig

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

good impression; favorable impression

1

prejudice; bias; distorted view

1

considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations

1

play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)

1

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

1

to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

1

to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

to fight each other

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

3

dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

1

heading; headline; index; headword

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic

1

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

2

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

4

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

1

lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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taxi

2

good-natured

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driver; chauffeur

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talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse

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glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

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