jpdb beta

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

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the staff; inside the department

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bridgehead; beachhead

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(army) provisions; food

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frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost

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condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

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geography

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goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

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going through; going via; going by way of

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quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

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Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

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consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

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union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

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genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

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however; having said that; but

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responsibility; duty; obligation

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to pay

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huge; gigantic; enormous

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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probability; likelihood

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to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

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blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

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rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission

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with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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you (plural)

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showing one's face in public; facing another person

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grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

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pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

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to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed

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counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses

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muscle

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to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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servant; manservant; menial

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to kill by burning to death

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

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cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

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to look at; to gaze; to stare at

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to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

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