jpdb beta

what

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storage room; store room; lumber room

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loud voice

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silence; stillness; quietness

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making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

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almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

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stone bridge

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to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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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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several animals

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several steps

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

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whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

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you could say; you might say; verging on the

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number; amount

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-ish; -like

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slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly

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fire; flame; blaze

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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to find out

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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hiding place; refuge

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(not) a soul; (not) a single person

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silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

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to fall completely silent; to become still as death

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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teary eyes

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

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not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

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completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

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loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)

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rather; sooner; preferably

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stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

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since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

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to keep running

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

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fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness

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