jpdb beta

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

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hyena

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neckbones

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screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring

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whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)

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birch (esp. Japanese white birch)

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hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); hippo

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read-only memory; ROM; lurker (in an online community)

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swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone

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stone mortar; millstone; quern

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brown; light brown; tawny

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wearing one's hair in braids

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deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost

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older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

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reinforcements; reserve troops; rear guard; attacking from the rear; pincer movement from the back

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cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)

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to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

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happy

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; requesting a video review (of a referee's call)

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formidable enemy

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obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

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fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort

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analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy

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lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

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push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

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negotiation

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diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

eating (something) whole

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cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting

1

exquisite skill; wonderful performance

1

shell; cannonball

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batting power

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to save; to leave over; to spare

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bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

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obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd

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sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

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call; appeal

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holder

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good scolding

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stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

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eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

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receiving; receipt

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critic of haiku poetry

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to turn completely into; to become completely

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to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

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