jpdb beta

beginning; outset; first; onset

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

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(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

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mother

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meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

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knowing; (an) acquaintance

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

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acquaintance

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introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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divorce

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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should not; must not

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diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

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number; amount

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Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus

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form; shape; figure; visage

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

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love; affection

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

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is not; am not; are not

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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second son

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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star shape; pentagram

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this

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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you (plural)

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secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

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secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

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never again

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secret; secrecy

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barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

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while in class

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

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