jpdb beta

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

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to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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hound; hunting dog; gun dog

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(pet) owner; keeper

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to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

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like; as if; the same as

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who the heck; just who

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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rootless; groundless

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work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

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regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

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price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)

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to pay

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to stare back (at); to glare back

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

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to shout (in anger); to yell

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one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

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to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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to do someone in; to bump someone off

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet

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previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

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ninja throwing knives; mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

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biwa (Japanese lute)

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bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

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like; as if; the same as

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

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easy; simple; light

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skill; dexterity; master hand

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

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both fists

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wooden floor

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to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

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to assist; to help out

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