jpdb beta

thumbs up

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thumb; big toe

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to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

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half and half; fifty-fifty

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)

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expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose

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staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

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to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out

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to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh

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composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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old maid (game); living without one's mother-in-law

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ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)

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king; king; king (chess piece)

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royal straight flush

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to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

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(all) together

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to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

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to become strained (of a relationship); to become discordant; to become unfriendly; to become awkward; to go sour

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to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

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pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind

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heaven and earth; top and bottom

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trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder

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foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting

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attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack

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to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

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being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

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(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.); pricking (e.g. with a needle)

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vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing

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novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

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having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless

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pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

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stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

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chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

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frankly speaking

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young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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confession

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name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

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welcome; (warm) reception

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flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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to try to do; to attempt to do

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scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

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