jpdb beta

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

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witch

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

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reason; right

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one's social position; one's place; one's standing

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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reliability; trustworthiness; dependability

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to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out

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victory; triumph; win; conquest; success

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to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

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winner; victor

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to breathe

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

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to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

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declaration of war; proclamation of war

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document; papers

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meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

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violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault

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private room

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door

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for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance

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to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

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table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

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pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup

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water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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

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everyone; one and all

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

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what sort; what kind

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that

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cause; origin; source

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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