jpdb beta

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

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exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

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exaggeration

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tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit

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to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

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to nod to one another

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hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

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lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)

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old friend; old pal

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ash

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to grow old; to age

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cross; cross shape; sign of the cross

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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table

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skinny

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to glare at; to scowl at

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insight; power of observation

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to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

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friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

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three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink

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sake bottle

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narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

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sly; cunning; crafty

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unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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congratulations

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finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly

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to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

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trifling; trivial; slight

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immediately; promptly

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to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)

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very popular; highly favoured

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

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fierce fighting

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companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character

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time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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abusive language

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp

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beer

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possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with

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to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye

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to hate; to detest

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it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

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with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor

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