jpdb beta

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

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(one) line; (one) row

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within; inside of; less than

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exit and entrance

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mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby

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child; children

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letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

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rather; better; instead; if anything

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another time; some other time

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(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

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to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone

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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

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bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

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confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

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to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

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to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

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investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

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to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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to collapse; to flop (onto)

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to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

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weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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old man; old geezer

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tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

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(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

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tomorrow; near future

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inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

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one's mind

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to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

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flashback

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

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how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

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restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

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simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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