jpdb beta

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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rational; reasonable; logical

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

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one year; some time ago

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town house

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to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

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commanding officer

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class

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tea party; get-together; tea ceremony

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tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

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advice; warning

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threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

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imitation; sham; -like

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certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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manly; masculine; like a man

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to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

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to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

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castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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to be finished; to be completed; to be done

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

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self-defense; self-defence

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now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

3

take the opportunity to (do something else)

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to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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in the morning; during the morning

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strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

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unexpected; unforeseen; strange

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through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

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trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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to run down (stairs, etc.)

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

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who

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slight; thin; on the weak side

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

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sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

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(medical) doctor; physician

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

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