jpdb beta

for a while; for some time; for a period

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extraterritoriality

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rather; sooner; preferably

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command; control; commander

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convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

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to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

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to tame; to win over

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ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

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stepping back; drawing back

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a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

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play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

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long talk

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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

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rare

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come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

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please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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to do

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carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

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playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

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to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into

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defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

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forced; compulsory

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

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mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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school

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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schoolgirl; female student

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uniform

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like this; this sort; this way

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student (esp. a university student)

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half the body; half length

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to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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before now; hitherto

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to rest one's chin in one's hands

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to cross one's legs

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lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

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mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

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distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

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conviction; belief; confidence

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

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to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

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gist; main point

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preface; introduction; preamble

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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

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power struggle

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