jpdb beta

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

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one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

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tracheal intubation; intubation

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to cast down one's eyes

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leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

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how; in what way

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explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

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suspicious

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bad smell; stink

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accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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to cut corners; to be shoddy

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to withdraw from someone's presence; to leave the room

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a while later

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pushing by hand; hand gilding

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to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

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there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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to hear of; to learn of

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tearful voice

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guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

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to happen to be present

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)

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one night; all night; overnight; one evening

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fault-finding; carping

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omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

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final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

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listener's role

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

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descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

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minutes (period of)

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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to keep silent

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brink; critical moment

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

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affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

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devastating; catastrophic; crushing

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blow; shock; strike; batting

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extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

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strictly speaking

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

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exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

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to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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