jpdb beta

to achieve one's desire

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to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

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start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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literally; to the letter; literal

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tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle

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violent explosion; bursting

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

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weight; heavyweight boxer

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wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

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sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi

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American football

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personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

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out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

1

moron; idiot; stupid person

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faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction

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to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

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(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place

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brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

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please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

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to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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to bawl; to cry; to scream

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dislocation

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under one's arm; (in) the armpit

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to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

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to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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when; at what point

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to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

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fragment; piece

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to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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fall; drop; descent; coming down

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one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

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knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

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large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)

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disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour

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to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do

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performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

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as if; as though

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being lost in deep thought

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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