jpdb beta

pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living

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family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

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wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture

2

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2

fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle

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to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

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reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

5

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

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just like

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

2

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

2

unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

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unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

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to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

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little by little

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

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enemy camp; enemy line

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

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disturbance; perturbation; derangement

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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all-out attack; general offensive

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

room temperature

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rising; ascending; climbing

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boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

1

folding one's arms

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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ignoring; acting as if it is nothing

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wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

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end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

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bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

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title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

2

being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to

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to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

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to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack

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what would (you) do?; what to do about it

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flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

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left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

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undisputed; entirely; perfect

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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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husband and wife; married couple

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