jpdb beta

to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

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financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

2

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

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complete stranger; total stranger

2

clearly; distinctly; vividly

1

detective agency; enquiry agency

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November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

2

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

2

twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

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condition; state of preservation

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

4

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

5

second-hand shop; recycle shop

1

used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

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priced dirt cheap

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various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)

1

to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

2

extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot

1

broken; intermittent; disconnected

2

headphone

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to listen again; to ask again

2

destructive blast; blowing up; explosion

2

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

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expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

3

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

4

Japanese person; Japanese people

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materialistic

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to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

3

conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic

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latent; potential

4

superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

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to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

3

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

4

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

2

depth; deep place

2

doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

2

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

3

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

2

young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Ms.

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death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping

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having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

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moment; instant

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civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

4

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

3

tiredness; fatigue

5

eleven o'clock

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