jpdb beta

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

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fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

2

honor; honour; credit; prestige

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

6

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

3

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man

4

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

1

remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard

1

flight; desertion; escape

1

course; route; path; process; means

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

2

arrow; wedge; chock

6

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

foolish; stupid; silly

1

to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up

1

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

2

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head

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disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

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to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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loud voice

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to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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to be sacked; to be dismissed

1

wine

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cork stopper; (bottle) cork

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

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sky; air; mid-air

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

2

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

1

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

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trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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assailant; marauder

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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shriek; scream

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