jpdb beta

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

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yellow; amber

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black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

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striped pattern

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cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

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to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

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to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

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to embrace each other

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scram (emergency nuclear reactor shut-down)

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)

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distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

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height (of a person); stature

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giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

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to increase; to grow

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mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic

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monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

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such a thing; something like that

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location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

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boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

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standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

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sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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protest; objection

2

crab

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nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

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in a tousled manner; in a ruffled fashion; in a disorderly manner; with a fluster; confusedly; messily

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend

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head-butting; head-butt

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crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict

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iron hammer; crushing blow

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to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

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to lie face-down

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honorific affix; honorific prefix

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face (of person)

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pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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acceleration; speeding up

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to step on; to trample down; to tread on

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