jpdb beta

doing whatever one pleases

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to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

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attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

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bombshell announcement (statement)

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to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

5

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

3

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

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intelligence gathering; information gathering

2

expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

2

horse's length

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to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

3

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

1

easy to read; legible; clear

1

unreserved

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

3

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

3

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

3

to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

1

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

1

right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon

1

to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word

1

second best

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present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

to cultivate; to foster

1

those (near the second person)

2

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

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to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

the last moment; the very end

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1

passing mark

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

1

to frown; to scowl

6

never mind!; don't worry about it

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

3

be; is

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just before

2

bucket; pail

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.)

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all-night vigil over a body; wake

2

mood

6

heading; headline; index; headword

1

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

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sensational

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wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

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magazine

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