jpdb beta

continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play

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narration

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long ago; once upon a time

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disposition; nature

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older sister; elder sister

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bullying; teasing

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

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great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam

4

the place for; the time for; the level of

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth

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to kneel

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ignorant people

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incident-filled journey

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getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

4

several times; once or twice

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

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sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada

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child

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having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

4

OK; okay

4

plastic bag

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cheap sweets

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

one's way back; one's way home

2

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

escort

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pitch black

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black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

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entirely; completely; all; nothing but

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fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

2

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

2

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

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

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

3

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

1

towel

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great haste; mad rush

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without

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to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

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witch doctor; shaman

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curse; spell; malediction

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to detest; to abhor; to loathe

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extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

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