jpdb beta

wise person; sage

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to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

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scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

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to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout

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end; conclusion

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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cause; origin; source

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mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

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to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

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to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

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from the beginning

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to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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against; contrary to

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to fall off; to tumble down

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looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator

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favour; favor

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first name; given name

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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exaggerated; overblown; overdone

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arrogant; haughty; insolent

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any number of times

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

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to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

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drop (e.g. of water); drip

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to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

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to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

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head over heels; headlong; head first

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tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

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feeble

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to walk; to move forward; to make progress

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dozens; scores of; decades

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to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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moment when blossoms fall; one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

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thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

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

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