jpdb beta

shoulder blade; scapula

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dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

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to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

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space; room; airspace

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to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

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to creep about; to crawl around

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

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surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

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rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

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carapace; shell; crust

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brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)

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long and thin

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bundle; bunch; sheaf

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

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in comparison to; rather than

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important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

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effect; result; worth; use; avail

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support

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talent; ability

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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diligent; absorbed (in something)

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problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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it is not (like that) either

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capital; funds; seed money; asset

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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(social) position; status

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gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement

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to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

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to fight to the bitter end

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envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

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speech; words; one's lines; remarks

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hopeless; irredeemable

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to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

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beyond saving

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