jpdb beta

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

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red hair; ginger hair

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old soldier; veteran; old hand

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generation; the world; the age

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

2

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

to cling to; to embrace

3

stepping back; drawing back

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ha ha ha (laughter)

3

just one person; only one

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platoon

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apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

price; cost; value; worth; value

2

one's possessions; ownership

2

late at night

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

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in addition to this

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defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

3

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

2

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

1

prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)

7

to find out; to discover; to detect

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in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

3

great sage

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another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

5

crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

4

that; he; she; that person

2

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

1

disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

1

possession; retention; maintenance

3

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

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will not do; do not; does not

2

imitation; copying

1

burn mark; singe

1

to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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laws of nature; physical laws; physics

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separate; respective

2

autonomy (philosophy); self-control

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other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

2

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

2

ultimate; final; last; eventual

2

possible; likely; probable

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