jpdb beta

to have a smattering knowledge of

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setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

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much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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palace

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talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

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the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

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to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force

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breaking off an engagement

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letter; missive; note; mail

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to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

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passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching

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pure love

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to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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ability to think

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cripple; disabled person; invalid

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ardent; passionate; vehement

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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day-dreamer; fantasist

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to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

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inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

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interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

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highest grade; top class

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it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than

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

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

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to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

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by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

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shall ...; to assume; to suppose

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confession

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secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom

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distrust of (other) human beings

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one's physical safety; personal security

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to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

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establishment; settlement

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origin; beginning

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(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

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to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

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red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

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expressing one's mind; speaking out

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out of character; unlike one

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