jpdb beta

to be too long

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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to strangle; to constrict

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surname; family name; last name

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laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

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downtown

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untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative

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intimacy; affection; familiarity

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large build; large pattern

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along the road; at the side of the road

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souvenir store; gift shop

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to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

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way of speaking; intimation

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stay; sojourn

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to take root; to strike

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to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

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unnecessary; unneeded

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one third; a third part

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

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to smile

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along the road; along the way

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unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

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to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

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(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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curb (stone); kerb

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streamline shape; aerodynamic shape

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to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new

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body; frame

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first; new

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business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

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so what!; who gives a damn?

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to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

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being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

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reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

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governor; leader; ruler

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finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit

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moneylending; moneylender

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism

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occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

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dull sound; muffled sound

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watchdog

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to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

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to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

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nonresistance

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to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

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beyond that point; after that

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