jpdb beta

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

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as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

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poncho

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

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rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)

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thicket; coppice; brushwood

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to sit down

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date; dating

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(a) plain

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to become distant; to recede

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to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

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sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head

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to warm; to heat

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a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming

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pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

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so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

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to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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chance; opportunity

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

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eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

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full of; brimming with

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

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to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

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fair; fare; fear

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this year

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

5

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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does not seem (to be)

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festival merrymaking; revelry

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moderate

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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next year

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good idea

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indeed; really; truly; very much

1

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

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given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

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anyhow; in any case

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

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contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching

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recommendation; endorsement

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fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

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close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

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to put into the mouth; to eat

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