jpdb beta

commitment; pledge; promise

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lawyer; jurist

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to take out; to drag out

1

law; jurisprudence

1

professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

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legal circles

1

minority group (party); minority

1

examination; investigation; prosecution

2

strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

1

trial; judgement; judgment

1

firm; unshakeable; resolute

1

all (there is); as long as there is

1

loss of a (legal) case

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

1

woodpecker

1

bark (of a tree, etc.)

1

desk; copy editor

2

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

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(full) name; identity

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decision; determination

3

no comment

2

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

3

necessity

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

close to the ear

3

to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove

1

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

2

reply; answer; response

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

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to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation

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(at the) window

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to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

2

to bud

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to bide one's time; to wait until the time is ripe

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sword of Damocles

2

one's person; around one's person

1

busy; hurried; confused; flurried

2

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

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one's person

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