jpdb beta

guaranteed; authentic; certified

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to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

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to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

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attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

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to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

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(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

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to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

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of great promise; with a promising future

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

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placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

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high and low; rise and fall

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the world in general; society; convention

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

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to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

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shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

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rapid-fire

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violence; force

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

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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to hang; to hang up

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heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

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turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

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to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

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future; distant future

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

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unluckily

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low voice; whisper

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murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

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isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

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that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many

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serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

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timing

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smile

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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