jpdb beta

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

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short life; short lived

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to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader

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longevity; long life

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myth; legend

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origin; beginning; source; rise

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

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companion; partner; spouse

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to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

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dead men tell no tales

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ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

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pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

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to be uncommon

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irony of fate; twist of fate

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with (someone's) help

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same number

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anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

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affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

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focal point; nodal point; node

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mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation

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contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

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spherical surface

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utmost limits; extremity; limit

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

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to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

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red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

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10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

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unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

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fainting; swooning

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potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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gun point; muzzle

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trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

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having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

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sending home; repatriation; deportation

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singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

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yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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

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to become keen on; to get passionate about

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to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

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something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

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operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

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antique store; curio store

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toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory

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abstraction

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