jpdb beta

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

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going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

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to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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matter of time; question of time

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to become clear; to be made public

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death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

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to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

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conscious; deliberate; intentional

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public; official

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being alive

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stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

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constrained; uncomfortable; awkward

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failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

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basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

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to make peace

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trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

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to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver

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leeward; lee; downwind

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never again

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self-deprecating; self-mocking

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with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

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father and daughter

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presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)

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two swords; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; bisexual (person)

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demand for; request

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criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds; being bound by ropes

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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as anyone can see

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to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

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ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

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small man

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to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

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red (color, colour)

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glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

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alcove post

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corner; nook; recess

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

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offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour

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standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room

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mutual; reciprocal

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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to exchange words

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presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

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