jpdb beta

to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)

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competent; suitable; qualified

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to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

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at this stage; at this point; (only) now

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atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)

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coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

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succession; continuation; series; sequence

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to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort

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straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly

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letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

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to make sense; to be meaningful

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entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

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forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

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to get distracted; to jump off the track

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to take a breath; to take a short rest

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closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

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swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

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lamp; light

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light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

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library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

3

dusty; dust-covered

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corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner

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charm; incantation; spell; magic formula

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every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

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one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

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to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

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counter for books; volume

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traces; evidence

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to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

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each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

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knowledge; information

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deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image

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to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

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hint; clue

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

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memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad

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itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation

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to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

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to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

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to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in

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mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

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chest measurement

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thread; yarn; string

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to sew together

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