jpdb beta

house where one was born; one's parents' house

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touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card

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to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale)

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being alive

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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title; name; degree

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to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends

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to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

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ten years; decade

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distress; wretched condition

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

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to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

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sender (e.g. of mail)

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at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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to slip down; to slide down; to glide down

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wow!; gee!; oh dear!

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to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

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conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

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still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

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king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

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to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure

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national interest

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intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

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to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

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sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

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to feel ashamed

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starting point; origin

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their Majesties the Emperor and Empress

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to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

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to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle

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pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

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true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

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to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)

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question; inquiry; enquiry

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precocious; precocious child

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(feelings of) love

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obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent

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chivalry

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to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by

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indecent; shameful; unsightly; pathetic

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tidbit; titbit; digression; sidebar; snippet

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boy; juvenile; child

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gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

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