jpdb beta

in person; personally; directly

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blood relationship; blood relative

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to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

2

of tender years; very young

1

to drag in; to pull in

3

personal history; career

1

bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion

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pity; compassion; mercy

2

relative; relation

5

next term; next period; next version; next release

6

handicap

1

external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)

3

fault

1

company president; manager; director

13

constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

4

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

2

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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horseplay; fooling around

3

source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

2

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

7

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

2

temporary employee placement

1

service industry; service sector

2

(legally) incorporated educational institution

6

project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

2

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

2

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

4

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

1

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

1

business partnership

3

place of employment

1

kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation

1

commencing with; including

2

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

2

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

1

direct descent; direct line

4

son

4

unique; peculiar; singular

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

3

distant relative

4

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

1

to seize an opportunity

1

to be led by; to be headed by

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