jpdb beta

round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses

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intimacy; friendship

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old friend; old pal

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battlefield; battleground

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someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot

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management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position

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(a person's) appearance; looks

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cabinet minister

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broad view; big picture; wide perspective

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striking just before one's opponent makes a move

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to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

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being second to none; being in a league of one's own

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patriotic feelings; patriotism

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to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust

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to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

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izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks

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circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

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busy; having no time (for)

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having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant

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countdown

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Memphis

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your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)

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making one's best exertions

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illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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highway to success

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earnestly; immediately; exactly

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wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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large build; large pattern

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

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child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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devoted husband

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to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with

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blister; corn

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reliability; trustworthiness; dependability

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instructor

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camp; camping

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barbecue; barbeque; BBQ

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stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

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nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name

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merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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thinking little of one's family

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within the family; in the home; domestic

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hierarchy

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pet dog

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stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock

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limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll

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

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originally

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