jpdb beta

nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

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royalty

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worst; poor and boring; uncool

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status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

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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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lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

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to overlap

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to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

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(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

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owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

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to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

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amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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wild idea; delusion

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both (people)

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

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to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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to erase all trace of something

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retort; back talk; backchat

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even though; despite; when

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to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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does not

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leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

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powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

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reason; grounds

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to pinch and crush; to pinch out

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

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to be reduced to ...

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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to make sense; to be meaningful

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only; sole; unique

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to sell

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to fear; to be afraid of

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(social) position; status

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to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

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to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)

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each time

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