jpdb beta

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

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to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent

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to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

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as soon as; right after

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unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

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little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

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to sew on

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cannot be compared with; no match for

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

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craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

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to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

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traditional; conventional

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chief; main; principal; important

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organdy; organdie

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counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

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to be transparent; to show through

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turn

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

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beads

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to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

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upper half of the body; upper body

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décolleté; décolletage; robe décolletée; low-cut dress; low-cut (neckline style); décolleté

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top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing

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distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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mis-match

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as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

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color scheme; colour scheme

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warmth

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to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme

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particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

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gather (dressmaking)

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chiffon

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glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

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glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle

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smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

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heirloom

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attendance at a castle

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since then; from that time; ever since

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to the trained eye

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

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storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

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envy

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