jpdb beta

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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chic; sick; thick

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with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

1

so much

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human; humane

2

one way or the other; either way

1

extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL

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frown; scowl; grimace

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departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

2

dawn; daybreak

1

undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

1

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

1

mountain range; mountain belt

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energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life

1

to possess; to haunt

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in the early period (of something); at the beginning

1

vivid; clear; distinct

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paradise

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after staying up all night

2

work style; way of working

1

pool for soaking seed rice before planting

1

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

2

holiday; day off

1

appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)

1

verse

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to be hideously burned; to be burned raw

1

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

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prototype; model; pattern; archetypal

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

3

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

5

surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

2

sense of sight; vision

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the sense of hearing

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vomiting; emesis

1

to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

1

for the first time in one's life

1

to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

1

smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

1

secondary residence

1

spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

1

to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)

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rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

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putting oneself into something; exerting oneself

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meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

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grandpa; granddad

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to have a hard time of it

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having just started...

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