jpdb beta

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

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concrete

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undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range

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(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior

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stock trading; stock transactions; share trading

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to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

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to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for

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hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

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(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

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to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially

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judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

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sudden rise; sharp rise; boom; skyrocketing

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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close associate; close aide; brains-truster

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anger; wrath

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gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)

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(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa

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new moon; crescent moon

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with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

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high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east

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deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky

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life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

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dressing up; wearing fancy clothes

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refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

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lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

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going to bed; retiring (for the night)

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briefing

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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leaving a matter to chance

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we

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with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly

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direct current; DC

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Development Assistance Committee (OECD); DAC

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willpower; energy; vitality

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autonomy (philosophy); self-control

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elite unit; elite troop

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juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)

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degree of relative priority

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level of confidence

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righteousness; justice; right

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abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

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body armor; body armour

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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Mizuho Bank

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blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

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luxury car

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competitor; rival

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one-way traffic

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