jpdb beta

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

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innate ability; innate talent; natural gift

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near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

2

analysis

4

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

5

stop it!; enough!; cut it out

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morning training (e.g. before school)

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bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming

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while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

1

release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery

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to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

1

beyond human understanding

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

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to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)

4

anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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corner; nook

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along the river; riverside

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pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

lunch; midday meal

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yesterday evening; last night

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although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

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ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)

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to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge

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one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue

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to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

4

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

2

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

6

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening

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concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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(not) one

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monster

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to lie down; to throw oneself down

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hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); hippo

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birch (esp. Japanese white birch)

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Behemoth

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conversation; talk; chat

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

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mistake; blunder; slipup

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century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

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huge body; large build

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comfortably; easily

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