jpdb beta

self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

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thus

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saliva; spit; spittle

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

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joke; jest; gag

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spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

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eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

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to (do) like this

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by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

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truth is stranger than fiction

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

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circumstantial evidence

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance

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from now; from this moment; henceforth

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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such; like that; in that way

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combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim

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ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

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alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)

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if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

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noisy; confused; uproarious

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having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose

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to take a break

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to become better; to improve

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secretiveness

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to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish

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well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

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reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

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even if not; even without

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to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

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being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

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tone; manner of speaking

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casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened

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meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

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expression; look; countenance; face

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

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first meeting; first interview with

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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finishing blow; coup de grâce

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

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mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

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land; shore

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water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

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to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

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to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

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hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

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to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

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complexion; colour; color; blood red

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