jpdb beta

foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning

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to gather strength; to take heart

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remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

2

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

2

in; on; at; during; in the condition of

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heresy

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philosophy

2

hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

2

(police) line-up

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making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands

2

reconciliation; peace; rapprochement

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turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller

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looking on from afar; being a spectator

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blunder; slip; error; error

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one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

4

hunting gun; sportsgun

2

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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to get distracted; to jump off the track

2

to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

4

I can't go on like this

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to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

2

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

2

merely for form's sake

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impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

3

way of speaking; intimation

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to force back; to jostle

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limply

3

the reverse; other side; lining

4

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

4

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

2

good grief

2

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

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consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

4

salty sea breeze; salt wind

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turning into a cooler state; cooling down

2

to wash again; to reconsider

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draw (in competition); tie game

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end; conclusion

2

powerless; helpless; incompetent

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powerful medicine; strong poison

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desperation

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to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

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pretext; pretense; pretence

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playground

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without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

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hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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prediction; prophecy; prognostication

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