jpdb beta

to half-rise to one's feet

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lariat; slip noose; lasso; lariat (wrestling); clothesline

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poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches

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to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

2

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart

1

academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

2

older sister

2

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

2

breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping

4

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

2

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

1

guest

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criminal psychology

3

well

5

newscaster

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calvaria; area at top of head; parietal

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daytime television serial; soap opera

1

channel

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remote control

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

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to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

1

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

1

theft; stealing; larceny

1

property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)

1

felony; serious crime

1

random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

8

extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman

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closing of a school; closed school

3

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

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duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

2

official announcement; proclamation

2

changing schools

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job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer

1

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

1

burning low; waning; declining

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vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

1

at any rate; anyhow

4

ultimate

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ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

1

believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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one's long-cherished desire

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Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

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deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

3

criminal act

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frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

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