jpdb beta

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

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surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

3

inheritance; something given or received

1

throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber

1

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

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moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

1

retirement; resignation; stepping down

1

isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

1

to take up employment

1

happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

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himself; he himself

1

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

1

dismissal (from a position); discharge

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(actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)

1

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

ruin; destruction; fall

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acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

definitely OK; definitely possible

1

to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

1

busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)

1

succession; successor

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originally

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otherwise; if not; or else

1

vacuum bottle; thermos; jar

1

expiration of term of office

1

signature phrase; signature saying

1

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

automatic door

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low table; table with very short legs

2

Grapefruit juice

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citrus; citrus fruit

1

official business; public business

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

living; lifestyle; living room

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bedroom

3

convenient

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established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined

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thinking back now

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

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great difference; major mistake

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low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level

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hearsay

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contrastive

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according to; by (means of); due to; because of

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latent disposition; inner feelings

1

inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known

1

hopeless; irredeemable

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

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