jpdb beta

to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

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explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

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soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

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battle formation; military formation

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to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

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to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

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(college) president; secretary-general

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pro-American

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

1

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

1

direct; in person; frankness; night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)

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I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

2

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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separate case; another matter

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privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

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notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

2

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

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on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

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jest; joke; funny story

3

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

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to bear; to endure

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force (bulldoze) one's way through

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remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

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straight line

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friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

1

free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

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discrimination; discernment; identification

2

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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thanks; gratitude

3

entry into port; arriving in harbor

2

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

2

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

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uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year

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outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag

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turmoil; chaos; confusion

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

3

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

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rocket; locket

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Wisconsin

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versus; vs.; v.

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to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

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to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

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lock

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altogether; entirely

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tail (of an aircraft); empennage; tail assembly

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to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely

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