jpdb beta

to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

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persuasion

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supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent

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to pay attention; to be watchful

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to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

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calm; composed; leisurely

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king of beasts (i.e. lion)

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bird of prey

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king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

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personality; style; appearance

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making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

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popular person; favorite; favourite

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

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shop; small store; business; firm

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each time

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coward; dastard

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to backbite

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bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

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nerve; nerves; sensitivity

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in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion

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unlucky

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late at night; small hours of the morning

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all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

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boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

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stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

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trust

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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to tell a lie; to fib

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to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

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does not seem (to be)

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good boy; good girl

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fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant

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family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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a considerable number; a fair number

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to turn on; to switch on; to light up

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according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation

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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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intimidating air; sense of intimidation

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to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night

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to order; to command; to appoint

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to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

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idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

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