jpdb beta

chink in the armor (armour)

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to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

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shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

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rapids

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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finally; after; following; at the end (of)

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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broken

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it's already too late

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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to be smashed up

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war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

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circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

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spittoon

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surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

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to spit out; to eject; to dump

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to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

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to fall into ruin; to be desolated

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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 boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon

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to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

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purification; exorcism

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secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

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beast; brute; animal

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clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

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large temple edifice; large temple

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Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology

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strap (often decorative for key-holder, mobile phones, etc.)

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wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

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class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

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monster

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crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp

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don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry

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way (of doing); method

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full operation

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brickwork

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mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly

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digger; excavator; power shovel

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to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

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to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

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to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

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