jpdb beta

fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope

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to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

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cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

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to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

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to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

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language

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to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

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to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back

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pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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one's mind

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past events; bygones

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origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

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period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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Hades; hell; underworld; underground spring

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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poetic diction

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everyday language; common parlance; vernacular

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correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

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translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

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Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

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lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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careful reading; close reading; intensive reading

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable

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to burst (open); to break; to split

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to come to mind; to pop into one's head

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awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

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precipice; cliff; bluff

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series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)

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to smash; to break into pieces

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asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)

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before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

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to step firmly (on); to harden by treading

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wedge shape

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enclosed bay; inlet; deep bay; basin

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to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

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to cover fully; to wrap around

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bare rock; rock surface; rock face

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swift shoal; rapid shallows

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rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

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to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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from there; thence

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tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

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to hold one's breath

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to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

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children's song; nursery song

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or; or else

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to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate

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wisdom; intelligence; sagacity

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