jpdb beta

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

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to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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to stab to death

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

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you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

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to get wet

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tragic but brave; heroic; grim

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

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battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

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without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

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roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)

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

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even

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to support each other; to support one another

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thousand; 1,000

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to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

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root; source; origin; cause

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to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

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importance; gravity

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to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

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to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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to answer a question

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

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to be attacked by a disease

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to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize

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to be ill; to suffer from

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incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

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as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will

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hound; hunting dog; gun dog

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ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

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excuse; explanation

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else; in addition; besides

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anguished; distressed; worried; horny

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to die out; to become extinct

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