jpdb beta

to catch one's attention

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looking pale; looking unwell

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thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

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wrinkled; full of wrinkles

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to come off; to slip down; to slip off

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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instinct

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to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

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to be a matter of life or death

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as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible

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control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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for the first time in one's life

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time passes

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to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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to boil; to seethe

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police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)

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acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

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to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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child consultation center; children's welfare center

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salvation

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chief; main; principal; important

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kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor

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continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last

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daytime; during the day; Japan and China

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to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

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to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...

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second marriage; remarriage

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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to yell; to rant; to rave

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to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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supremacism

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to take advantage of (someone's) weakness

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painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

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to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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to wrap up

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship

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good boy; good girl

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to hesitate to say

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straight; upright; erect

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long ago; already; a long time ago

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