jpdb beta

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

4

base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold

2

town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

1

shop; store; establishment; restaurant

3

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse

3

things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

decline; fall; decay; withering

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

selling by the piece; selling (one's knowledge, talents, etc.) bit by bit; selling a little at a time

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

to check through; to thoroughly investigate

1

only daughter

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

2

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

1

to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

3

to build; to construct

1

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

1

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

to do as one likes

1

ability; capability; skill

1

personal feelings; self-interest

5

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)

1

deputy leader (of a party, etc.); vice-president

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

2

representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number

6

present; gift

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

2

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

body

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

2

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

2

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

2

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

3

father

4

how many times

2

time and time again; many times; a number of times

1

just a little

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without

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