jpdb beta

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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despair; hopelessness

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

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half step; half a step

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every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

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to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

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crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

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winner; victor

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clapping hands; applause

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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor

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well done!; bravo

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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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quarrel; dispute

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curt; blunt; brusque

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primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

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trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

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unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

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to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

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poisoned

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to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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bank; coast; shore

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to swim

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from the beginning

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to anticipate; to foresee

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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or something

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cheek (of face)

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to get one's head around; to think about

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it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

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purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

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another meeting; meeting again; reunion

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enough about ...

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vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

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treasure

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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now; come (now); well

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cover; lid; cap

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on one hand; on the other hand

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

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fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

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in the morning; during the morning

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twice

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