jpdb beta

Lacoste

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chino pants

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short stature

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bull neck

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crew cut

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member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza

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to mistake (A for B); to misread

1

shivering

1

home area; home town; local

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reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy

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Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)

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to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data

1

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

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bad-tempered

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pressure; oppression; suppression

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(feeling of) tightness in the chest

1

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

2

rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

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staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

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to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

2

resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

2

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

1

to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

1

fire; conflagration

1

earthquake

1

sly; cunning; crafty

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

2

discord; (on) bad terms (with)

2

to correct oneself; to restate

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

1

kindergarten

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to write down

4

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

2

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

1

correction; revision; amendment

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

1

self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

1

liar; fibber

2

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

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to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

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