jpdb beta

framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter

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to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

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compromise; giving in

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having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

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bet; wager; stake; gamble

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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that kind of; such a

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holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

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of tender years; very young

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

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contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

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broadband; brokers' broker

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pensive (or worried) look on one's face

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hiding place; refuge

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trace; vestige; evidence

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to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed

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bungalow; one-story house

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snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

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1,000,000; one million; million; many

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new car

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around ...; or so

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first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

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gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

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Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period

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week

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two days later; day after next; next day but one

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toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

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countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

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Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku

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bearded

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Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

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double-edged sword

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to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

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litigation; lawsuit

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guilt; culpability

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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nurse; nanny; guardian

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

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on bad terms; at loggerheads

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to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

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(one) letter; (one) character

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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