jpdb beta

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

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first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm

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speaker; one who is skilled at speaking

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figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

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to become empty; to be emptied

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rich person

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sexual desire; sex drive; lust

2

advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

1

generation; the world; the age

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if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

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wall; fence

2

widow

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number two; mistress; concubine

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

3

this sort of

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regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed

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eating house; restaurant that serves simple food

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set meal; special (of the day)

1

to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send some on out

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trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

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size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

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reason for concern

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seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

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to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

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rhinoceros

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march; parade

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walking (with heavy steps); tramping; lumbering; clumping

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

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strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

5

thimble

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to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

2

notice; notification

1

loud; sonorous; ringing

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to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

1

to look forward to

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pinball

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beanbags; jackstones; cueball

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1

delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

2

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

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to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend

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separate; scattered; apart

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nod; inclination of the head

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shabby; seedy

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interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue

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lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

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dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

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afterglow

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