jpdb beta

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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heartening; reassuring

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to rise; to erect; to get up

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curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself

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improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

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living room (Western style); sitting room

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to shut; to close

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

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wire

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

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metallic quality

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knob; doorknob

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golden (colour, color)

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to become distant; to recede

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to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

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tire; tyre

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glass door

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screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

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street corner

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we; us

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surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

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dead of night; midnight

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lately; recently; nowadays

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not necessarily so; is not always true

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to hunt up; to locate; to inquire out

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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directly; in person; firsthand

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convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

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appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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guard; convoy; escort

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depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...

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anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

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to be mistaken for; to be confused with

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

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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camouflage

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haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

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underground train; subway

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strap (to hang onto)

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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outside a window

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early blooming; early flowering

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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