jpdb beta

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

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unavoidable; this is it; this is the end; left with no choice; it's all over now

2

just in case

1

tendency; trend

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to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

sound of many footsteps

2

district; section; sector

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tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

3

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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open-mouthed

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to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

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(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

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capsule

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another world

1

hypnosis

1

a step; a short distance

1

stickily; relentlessly

1

main theater of war; principal battlefield

1

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

1

to cut to pieces

2

corner; nook

1

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

1

to run up to

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stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

2

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

2

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

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above and below

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to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

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other side; opposite side; other party

1

headband

2

bellyband; apron; bib; breastplate

2

one-by-one; individual

1

conclusion; completion

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invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

2

unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch

1

sworn enemy

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to tower over the surroundings

2

monolith; large slab of rock

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identifiable; personalized

2

to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash

2

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

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no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

2

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

2

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

6

unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied

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small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

2

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

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