jpdb beta

to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat

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good night

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borrowing without returning

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sine

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theorem

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rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

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sticky note; tag; slip; label; Post-it note

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I'll; let's; probably

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)

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escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

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example; exercise (for the reader)

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one star (rating); evening star; morning star

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singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

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indefinite pronoun

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answer; solution

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trying one's luck; test of one's luck

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laughing matter

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I will ...; I'm going to ...

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derailment; digression; deviation

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fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate

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fraction

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individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

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(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

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ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)

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circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false

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question; query

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slow; weak-headed; dumb

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x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly

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thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete

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Greco-Persian Wars

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perusal; one reading; reading through (once)

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fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

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ancient Greece

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Roman Empire

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Oedipus

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Persian person

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capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

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Antigone

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later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

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sandstorm; noise (video); snow

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(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly

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to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)

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national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

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mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment

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cancer

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high time; about time

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since some time ago; for quite a while; already

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comprehension; understanding

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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