jpdb beta

younger; junior

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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restless; fidgety; in a hurry

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to shout at

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to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

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like; as if; the same as

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suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

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villain; baddie; the villain's part

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snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

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to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

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to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

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one's (living) environment

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adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

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unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely

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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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preachy; sanctimonious

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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demonic; devilish; satanic; diabolic

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wicked woman; ugly woman

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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nonchalant air; unruffled air

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glare; sharp look

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to shake; to waver; to tremble

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strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

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with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

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sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward

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don't worry about it; forget about it

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dazzling; radiant

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

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to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward

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(in) one's own way

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to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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convenience store

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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tomorrow; near future

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ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

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