jpdb beta

a bit more; a bit longer

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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spell; charm; incantation; magic words

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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-ish; -like

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

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extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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both hands; both arms; ten

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semi-transparent; translucent

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to escape

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

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rule of thumb

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this world; this life; world of the living

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soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come

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those; they

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inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

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to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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was

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(very) beginning; start

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

to become dim; to become blurred

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spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

1

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

1

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

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