jpdb beta

to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

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surely (not); certainly (not)

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irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

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several people; a few people

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information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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both parties; both sides

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fundamental; basic

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losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard

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to grow fat

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Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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reason

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the big two...; two major...; two main...

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indictment; prosecution; complaint

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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who the heck; just who

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grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

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thick voice

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to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

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to stick it out (until the end)

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plan; project; scheme

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to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

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to prevent; to take precautions

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not necessarily so; is not always true

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to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials

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spy

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detestable; disagreeable

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sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease

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nod; inclination of the head

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months and years

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going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

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to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

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to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)

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to set fire (to)

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to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

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upright man; patriot; hero

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posterity; future life; life to come

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to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

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baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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four (long cylindrical things)

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bleached cotton cloth

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collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

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dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

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side of the road; roadside

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to squat; to crouch

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ladle; dipper; scoop

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no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

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