jpdb beta

makeshift; stopgap; temporary expedient; temporary solution; band-aid

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somewhat sudden

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utility value

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splendidly; brilliantly

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glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

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trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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flight; escape

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the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

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De Nys; Denis

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long (time that has passed); old (story)

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terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is

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senility; dotage; decrepitude

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air resistance

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in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

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definition

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questions and answers; dialogue

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

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to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

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wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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insider trading

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ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

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accurate; flawless; perfectly ordered; without deviation

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stickiness; viscosity; glutinosity

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punching bag; punchbag

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dull pain

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melting; smelting

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system; organization; organisation; architecture

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contradiction; inconsistency

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way

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samurai acting as an attendant; retainer; thane (in medieval Europe); thegn

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dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death

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shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully

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to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)

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high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

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destruction; collapse; crumbling

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chaps (in the skin); cracks

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to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

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recovery; restoration

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up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right

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a hard time; pains

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freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin

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handsome man; actor in a love scene

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(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

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incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

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