jpdb beta

ardent; passionate; vehement

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half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

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insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain

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holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)

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death from cold; freezing to death

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to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

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awe; fear; dread; fright

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fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

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reference; allusion

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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interval training

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triple

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark

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handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up

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tin plate

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guidance

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halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair

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home run

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smallish; on the small side

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up

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uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

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to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet

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ability to ignore bad things happening to one; power to not get upset or worked up (by ignoring something)

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wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

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gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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both shoulders

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joke; playfulness; kidding around

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(short) rest; breather; break

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to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare

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to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep

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with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden

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the latter

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to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

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to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

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fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

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to boil; to decoct; to infuse

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deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

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wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

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welcome home

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to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

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disturbance; perturbation; derangement

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furious attack

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chameleon

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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dinosaur

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to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry

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to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme

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