jpdb beta

time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

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for a long time

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important post; important office; key position

2

successor; replacement; second wife

2

to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

1

very great; enormous; serious

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

to bear fruit; to ripen

3

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

2

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

2

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

10

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

2

period; term; interval

3

to accumulate; to save

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

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hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

several months

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

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unreasonable demand

3

very small; tiny

2

fond; (soup) stock

4

ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries; horse led by a rope

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more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race

1

diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

2

dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

2

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

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food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food

3

convention; tired tradition; old custom

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difficult situation

2

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

3

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

2

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

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indispensable; essential

2

stocking up on; hoarding

1

the future; future prospects

1

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

1

to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

6

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

3

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

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quarrel; dispute; argument

2

to look around; to look towards (us)

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to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

2

along

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it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right

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