jpdb beta

midterm examination

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reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

1

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

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to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

1

rejection; dismissal

1

bad-tempered

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entreaty; supplication; petition

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

2

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

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rest; break; recess; intermission

3

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

2

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

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Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip

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Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)

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so far as

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heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

1

to suppress one's emotions

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to be on edge; to get nervous; to feel tense

1

no concern of mine; nothing to do with me

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

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to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

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black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

3

tank top

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hotpants

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height of; middle of; full bloom

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

1

around the neck; neck size (measurement)

3

navel; belly button

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to hold in one's mouth

3

sensible; sensuous; intuitive

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no hint (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given)

1

the dark side; the seamy side

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

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large number of people

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event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

2

one machine; one vehicle

2

Genga (Italy); Jenga

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another time; some other time

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suspicious; doubtful

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blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

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refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)

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as good as new

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self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption

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pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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