jpdb beta

17; seventeen

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one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

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whereabouts; place where one is; position; location

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

2

intelligence or information network

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

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hidden room; secret chamber

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thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

2

to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

flattery

1

ability; performance; efficiency

1

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

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precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

1

to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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to show up; to appear; to turn up

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to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

2

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

3

extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

3

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

5

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

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to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

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equilibrium; balance

2

sigh

4

mixed; mingled

5

to clap

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sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

2

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

1

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

3

falling over; toppling sideways

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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people; citizens; subjects; folk

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

to obstruct one's way

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to smash up; to defeat crushingly

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financial power; financial means; wealth

1

violence; mayhem

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wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

2

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

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rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

4

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

5

evening; dusk

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