jpdb beta

locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

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to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

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to rescue; to free

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to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

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extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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serious; not joking; straight

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

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purgatory

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to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

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darkness

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blood relative

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to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm

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my; our; one's own

3

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king

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scorching heat

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with a start; with a jump

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power; might; authority; influence

4

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

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to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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beam; light ray

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forehead; brow

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to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

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to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

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empty threat; bluff; paper tiger

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quick-wittedness; tact

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manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

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at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully

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bluff

3

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

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to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

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to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

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aria; singing; chanting

3

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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rampaging; raging violently; going berserk

2

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

2

silently; in silence

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

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sign; signal; cue

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to have no chance (of succeeding)

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menial; meanness; servility; abject

2

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

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