jpdb beta

lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

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to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

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to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

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to defeat

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to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

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to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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only; merely; just; at most; no more than

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

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fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages

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(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with

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surprise attack

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defense; defence; safeguard; protection

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot

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portion for two people

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pressure

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we; us

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sky-darkening dust storm

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enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

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to sink (into); to get depressed

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open-mouthed

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being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing

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membrane; film

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edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

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sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

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to begin to turn

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shock wave

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Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

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rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

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hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength

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dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy

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certain victory

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prayer (for something); supplication

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

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to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)

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powering up

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favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun

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to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

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tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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