jpdb beta

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

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how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

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kabuki; Japanese classical drama

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food texture; mouthfeel

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

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to pretend

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cake served with tea; teacake

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to start eating

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don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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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 deep-fry

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rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

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crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching

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squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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troubled face; worried expression

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mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

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to push (something) against

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to throw into; to toss into

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relation; relationship

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regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

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to cling to; to embrace

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

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basis; foundation; grounds; authority

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to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

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

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painful experience

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if I (we, etc.) could

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new; fresh; novel

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nowhere

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bomb

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to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)

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to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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close; intimate; on good terms

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this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with

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as before; as ever; as it was originally

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as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

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contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

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unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

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alarm

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