jpdb beta

indigo dye

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dyeing black; dyed black; priest robes; priesthood; mourning dress

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stencil dyeing

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tie-dye

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technique

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a long time ago

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

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fate; chance; relationship; tie

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balance; equilibrium

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lower rank

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next term; next period; next version; next release

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inconvenient

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apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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dry wind

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thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

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artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up

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embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

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very hungry; starving; ravenous

2

childhood name

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presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out

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torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

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dried persimmons

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vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

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grief; lamentation

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suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

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to give by tossing or throwing

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to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up

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the road home

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gauzy

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hateful; detestable; loathsome

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though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

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to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

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crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp

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powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

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to talk nonsense

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to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

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unbelievable; incredible; implausible

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sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice

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approval; endorsement

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to bring someone along

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

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love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

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filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty

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common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

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(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut

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infant; baby

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reputation; respectability; honour; honor

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sinful; wicked; immoral

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