jpdb beta

to compete with; to vie for

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to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

1

environment; circumstance

1

funds; capital

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eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest

1

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

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

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incident; affair; happening; event

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

to be injured; to sustain a wound

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution

1

recompense; indemnity; atonement

1

reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

1

tie; necktie

4

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

1

to state; to express; to mention

1

palm (of one's hand)

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warmth

2

mother

1

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

pride; boast; credit (to)

1

to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

1

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

everybody; every last one of them; all

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

5

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

1

to pretend

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as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

pus; corruption; rot; evils

1

resignation (from a position)

1

to kill

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to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

several months

1

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

2

to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

2

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

5

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

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