jpdb beta

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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star (actor); prima donna; leading figure

1

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

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to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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to cram (into a box, bag, etc.); to pack; to drive (someone) into a corner; to push to the edge; to put in a nutshell; to make succinct

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uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely

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to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy

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ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

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most; extremely

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departure; leaving; setting off

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suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling

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win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins

1

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal

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foundation stone; cornerstone

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young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth

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manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost

4

plants; vegetation

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm

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cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

blue sky

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providence; heaven

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shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

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intestine; bowel

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

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shell; cannonball

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(direct) hit; hitting the mark

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to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one

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thunderous roar; roaring sound

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wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

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to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

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black smoke

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cloud of sand (dust, etc.)

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smoke; fumes

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fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close

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beam; joist

3

what kind of business; what sort of matter

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walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

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mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

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brothel

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