jpdb beta

usefulness

1

afternoon; p.m.

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cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

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to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

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importance; gravity

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(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

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in one's imagination

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to exchange greetings

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short pause; short interval

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to sit down

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to take time

1

wooden; made of wood

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

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cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)

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crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

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by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.

1

professional

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polish; improvement; burnishing

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woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity

1

confectionery making

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

3

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

1

manufacturer; producer

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bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example

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even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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chatting; idle talk

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

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thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

1

in large drops

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to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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conversation

2

happy tears; tears of joy

1

welcome; reception

1

reopening; resumption; restarting

1

discovery; detection; finding

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

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every person; each one; everybody

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early afternoon

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very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

1

to tremble

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individual; private person; personal; private

1

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

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gravel

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bamboo fence (hedge)

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open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

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care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

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